Keira Knightley

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• There is definitely a fuck-you quality to the characters I choose.
  • Interview for Allure magazine, October 2007 issue.

• A lot of times in cinema today the women are overly sentimental, so I constantly try to do the opposite. I like strident women.
  • Interview for Allure magazine, October 2007 issue.

• 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!
  • On her role as Elizabeth Bennet in the 2005 film Pride and Prejudice. Interview for Allure magazine, October 2007 issue.

• I haven't got a clue about how much I weigh. I do not own any scales. And I have noticed it creates an anger in people who are not skinny. People like to blame their insecurities on other people.
  • Interview for Allure magazine, October 2007 issue.

• Jesus, if I know one thing about the industry, it's that it's a moment. A flash in the pan. That's what's lovely about it. But it's hard, because one moment you're the hot thing, and the next moment — you're not. And there's no rhyme or reason for it.
  • Interview for Allure magazine, October 2007 issue.

• Prince William definitely isn't my type, he's too horsey-looking.
  • Interview for the Daily Mirror, August 2004.

About Keira Knightley

• Obviously we were looking for a beautiful young woman, but beauty alone is not enough. Keira is truly gifted and it is wonderful to watch her work. It seems so effortless. She's going to be a big star.
  • Jerry Bruckheimer, producer The Pirates of the Caribbean

• It's a face audiences love to look at--a face that people can project their own emotions on, and she's incredibly lucky to look the way she does.
  • Joe Wright, her director in Pride & Prejudice (2005) and Atonement (2007).

• Keira just steps into the ring and attacks. She's just as sweet as she can be and has a great sense of humor.
  • Johnny Depp, co-star in The Pirates of the Caribbean.