Keira Knightley Quotes

Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else's shoes and trying not to judge.

Be happy in your body. It's the only one you've got, so you might as well like it.

You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.

I’ve noticed that the people who started on film still have the ability to see the person in front of them. Whereas for a lot of photographers who have only ever worked in digital, the relationship between the photographer and the person who they’re taking a picture of sort of doesn’t exist anymore. They’re looking at a computer screen as opposed to the person.

I have no idea whether I am completely sane. I don't think anybody is. I see the world through my eyes. It's sometimes a strange world. I hope I don't hurt people. You hope not to hurt yourself too much, either. Maybe that's the definition of keeping yourself in check?

I see a pair of shoes I adore, and it doesn't matter if they have them in my size. I buy them anyway.

I don't think that you can fake warmth. You can fake lust, jealousy, anger; those are all quite easy. But actual, genuine warmth? I don't think you can fake it.

Prince William definitely isn't my type, he's too horsey-looking.

The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.

I think you've got to take the risks. There's no point playing it safe, because either you'll get bored or the audiences will get bored. Sometimes, you're going to make mistakes, and that's fine, but you have to take the risks. I think Pirates is one of the prime examples of that with Johnny Depp's performance, and part of the reason that people love it so much is that you watch it and go, "Gutsy, really gutsy!"

Nice is the worst word.

If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything. You'd just ask for forgiveness and then you'd be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to live with guilt.

I think everybody has the right to a private life.

I think that there's absolutely no point trying to force your body to be anything than what it is. I think that when you see people who are really pushing themselves to terrifying lengths to achieve what is perceived as being beautiful today, then that's just terrifying, it's really terrifying.

I see the world through my eyes. It's sometimes a strange world.

I think fashion is like putting on armor. I like that aspect of it, but it's not something I want to think about every day.

I think it doesn't matter where you're from, we all need a bit of romance.

Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.

A lot of times in cinema today the women are overly sentimental, so I constantly try to do the opposite. I like strident women.

I'm obsessed with shoes. I must have hundreds of pairs...That reminds me- I need to go shopping!

My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.

At this particular time, I probably am more comfortable with myself. Just now I'm having a lovely time.

I think I always disappoint people, because they always expect someone very pretty. Very done. There’s so much pressure to be thin, blonde and busty. I’m skinny, but even I couldn’t fit into some of the clothes in L.A! In a funny kind of way, I think you create it yourself. I think it’s much better to go with the flow and embrace your body, whatever shape it is, and just be happy.

Everybody can take a good picture. Everybody is interesting. Everyone has an interesting face. Some people are more difficult or more nervous or more tired. When you do a movie, you have action, you're talking, you're moving. You don't see the camera. Taking a picture with a photographer, you don't talk, it's more difficult than in a movie for your body to relax, to be yourself.

It's obvious to say you can't please everybody and there are always going to be people who are going to say, I just don't like you. There's nothing I can do about that. I'm aware, probably much more aware than my harshest critic, of what my own problems are with my acting ability. I'm very, very critical of myself, and I don't ever want to not be.