If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything.

- Keira Knightley

I wasn't allowed to do commercials. I wasn't allowed to do TV series. I wasn't allowed to do soaps or basically anything that would mean I missed too much school.

- Keira Knightley

I made a conscious decision to live my life the best way I could and that meant to publicise myself as little as possible.

- Keira Knightley

And we're fortunate if we have parents who are great and loving and inspiring. But, unfortunately, there are people who don't have that.

- Keira Knightley

I really believe that in this industry women have to be very true to themselves about what they're comfortable with.

- Keira Knightley

I find more interesting roles for women in period pieces. I do personally like watching period films; I think you can really get lost in the fantasy of them.

- Keira Knightley

I started working when I was seven, and ever since then I've been saving for an apartment. Even before that I had a little jam jar designated for my apartment money.

- Keira Knightley

I think every girl is looking for her Mr. Darcy.

- Keira Knightley

I am a slow reader. I always loved words, which is a strange thing given that I couldn't actually read them.

- Keira Knightley

I cook. I go to farmers markets in London and cook really good sort of organic foods.

- Keira Knightley

Nice is the worst word.

- Keira Knightley

Film is a much lonelier process than theatre. You really don't have any rehearsal time in film. You don't shape it together... with theatre, there is a complete kind of family atmosphere. The sociable side of this business is the theatrical side, it really isn't the film side.

- Keira Knightley

It's good to know that other people think differently, and that's what makes the characters interesting.

- Keira Knightley

It's not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.

- Keira Knightley

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

- Keira Knightley

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

- Keira Knightley

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.

- Keira Knightley

You already feel unsure of yourself, and then you see your worst fears in print. It really knocked me - which is why, I think, I was working, working, working, because I was trying to run away from the fact that I thought I couldn't do it.

- Keira Knightley

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

- Keira Knightley

It's all about perfection, isn't it?

- Keira Knightley