You live with a writer [a mother], and you grow up with their words, their kind of fantasies, and I'd pretty much seen every single one of her plays, and been in a lot of rehearsal rooms, so it felt… — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
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… — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
In L.A., I'm twice the size - height and everything else - of most of the other actresses who are going for an audition. — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
I do think that acting is such an unpredictable job, and you're away a lot. If you're dating somebody outside the industry, it can… — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
I've had my body manipulated so many different times for so many different reasons, whether it's paparazzi photographers or for film posters. [The topless… — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
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… — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
I don't want to deny my femininity. But would I want to be a stay-at-home mother? No. On the other hand, you should be… — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
We had an audition. I was in an office and women came in and started stripping. They had fantastic bums and it's at that… — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
The celebrity thing's completely crazy. I think I just have to move away or give it up altogether. I couldn't have kids in the… — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
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… — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
You bring yourself to every role, it doesn't matter who it is, it doesn't matter if it's a mass murderer, you can bring something… — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
I went from everyone saying, "She-can't-act-she-can't-act-she-can't-act," to an Oscar nomination. So there was something quite sublime about that! — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
You live with a writer [a mother], and you grow up with their words, their kind of fantasies, and I'd pretty much seen every… — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
I went to voice coaching. I thought my legs were going to buckle and on the first couple of takes I sounded like a… — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
![“You live with a writer [a mother], and you grow up with their words, their kind of fantasies, and I'd pretty much seen every single one of her plays, and been in a lot of rehearsal rooms, so it felt very natural and easy. It was lovely to get an opportunity to do that professionally as well.” quote by Keira Knightley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4f4/keira-knightley-3384_easy_you-live-with-a-writer-a-mother-and-you_359723.jpg)
![“I've had my body manipulated so many different times for so many different reasons, whether it's paparazzi photographers or for film posters. [The topless Interview shoot] was one of the ones where I said: 'OK, I'm fine doing the topless shot so long as you don't make them any bigger or retouch.'…” quote by Keira Knightley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/982/keira-knightley-3384_battleground_i-ve-had-my-body-manipulated-so-many-dif_113510.jpg)
