173 Quotes by Keira Knightley

I’ve always gravitated towards people who are extreme. Whether its drugs, or kicking down doors. Normally, the people in my life had to escape to get back.

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

I don’t quite understand what Tolstoy’s actual personal view of Anna is – whether he likes her or hates her, whether she’s the heroine or the antiheroine.

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

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

My doctor was like, ‘Any questions?’ And I was like, ‘Yes! When can I drink please?!’ I just want a margarita.

I love costume dramas, I love performing in them, because in a funny kind of way, you feel more free. You know about the period, you can read the books, you can see the paintings, but you’ve never actually going to know what it was like. You can kind of stretch those boundaries a bit.

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 to it.

Because it does feel important to say it really doesn’t matter what shape you are.