- In this business, fame lasts for a second. You can be blown up and be blown down. People keep losing interest in faces because new ones come along every single second. I'm one at the moment. Tomorrow I won't be. That's cool. I'm not saying that when it does end, I'll be like, 'Yay! It's ending.' But I'll move on and do something else because that's what has to be done. It's about survival. If you're sad about it, then you're in the wrong job."
"Somebody thought it would be a great idea if they brought their teenage daughters along to the set on the day that we did the kissing scene - I thought I was gonna die! I thought they'd stampede me with the evil eyes I was getting from all of them."
"I finished filming Pirates a couple of days before my 18th birthday, and made sure I was in London to celebrate it. There's no point having an 18th birthday in America, it doesn't mean anything as you can't go out and drink!
"I've always been a snob about qualifications and it's the greatest irony that I left school before I could take my A-levels. I'll really feel bad when my friends get their results. And I'm going to regret not going to university. But acting has always been my dream and I have to pursue it while I can."
"Katharine Hepburn and Vivien Leigh are my heroes. Not because of their ability, but because of their perseverance."
"I know for a fact the work is going to dry up, and people will get bored of me. That's not bitterness, just the truth."
(On her conception) I was a bet. My mum was desperate for another child, and my dad told her that the only way they could afford to have one was if she sold a play. So Mum wrote When I Was a Girl, I Used to Scream and Shout.
I'm an awful sailor, but I don't vomit any more.
Keira Knightley
On starring role in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
I've had a lot of experience with anorexia - my grandmother and great-grandmother suffered from it. But I don't have it, I am very sure of that.
Keira Knightley
Hitting back against calls she may have an eating disorder, when questioned at premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, July 2006
I was like, wait a minute, you're doing a pirate movie - something that hasn't worked in about 50 years - and it's based on an amusement park ride!
Keira Knightley
On her early doubts about the 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - it went on to be a $650m worldwide success
It's not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.
Keira Knightley
I think every girl is looking for her Mr Darcy.
Keira Knightley
On hero of Pride and Prejudice - she starred as Elizabeth Bennett in the 2005 movie of the Jane Austin classic novel
Yes, I have breasts. So does 50% of the population. Do we really have to waste time talking about mine? I don't think so.
Keira Knightley
I tried college for three months but I was desperately unhappy. I just wanted to perform. I was getting straight As but I had no friends and cried every day.
Keira Knightley
In this business, fame lasts for a second. You can be blown up and be blown down. People keep losing interest in faces because new ones come along every single second. I'm one at the moment. Tomorrow I won't be. That's cool. I'm not saying that when it does end, I'll be like, "Yay! It's ending." But I'll move on and do something else because that's what has to be done. It's about survival. If you're sad about it, then you're in the wrong job.
Keira Knightley
I know acting is a profession where one minute, you're hot and the next minute, it can all go away.
Keira Knightley
The [Star Wars] magic was broken. I loved the first Star Wars film and my mum was really into it too, that's why I took the part. But the Force wasn't there when we were filming it, and they didn't have real light sabres, which annoyed me.
Keira Knightley
On her role in 1999 movie Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
I'm British, so the whole sex scene and being topless is fine. In fact, to be able to do that in the middle of the desert was quite liberating. And to do it with a beautiful Venezuelan well, let's just say I'm a lucky girl.
Keira Knightley
On starring in 2005 movie Domino and playing steamy sex scenes with hunky co-star Edgar Ramirez
It was part of the job. There's no point in being embarrassed about it because that is the name of the game. It was just another day at the office. A very nice day at the office.
Keira Knightley
On her love scene with Clive Owen in 2004 movie King Arthur
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