Knightley Quotes

I don't approve of surprises. The pleasure is never enhanced and the inconvenience is considerable. ~ Jane Austen

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

I've worked Keira Knightley quite a bit and Kevin Costner. ~ Chris Pine

It's an interesting thing when you discover something about yourself. To go: 'Wow, I'm not the person I thought I was. I'm in the middle of something and I can't actually deal with it.' ~ Keira Knightley

There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do if he chooses, and that is his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessing, but by vigour and resolution. - Mr. Knightley ~ Jane Austen

Sometimes in life, we have to take a risk. Sometimes those risks are worth it, and sometimes we're haunted by them for the rest of our lives. The thing is, you never know which outcome you'll get unless you actually take that leap. ~ Erin Knightley

You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them. ~ Keira Knightley

One of her parlour borders, Miss Harriet Smith, married a local farmer, Robert Martin, and is very happily settled. They have three daughters and a son, but the doctor has told her it is unlikely that further children can be expected and she and her husband are anxious to have another son as playmate to their own. Mr and Mrs Knightley of Donwell Abbey are the most important couple in Highbury, and Mrs Knightley is a friend of Mrs Martin and has always taken a keen interest in her children. ~ P.D. James

It was a sweet view-sweet to the eye and the mind. English verdure, English culture, English comfort, seen under a sun bright, without being oppressive. ~ Jane Austen

Marry me. Marry me, my wonderful, darling friend. ~ Jane Austen

For under scrutiny you will find that even an open book can have a surprise scribbled in its margins. ~ Violet Haberdasher

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

Never, ever be afraid to be different. It is only when we distinguish ourselves from the expected that we make an impression. ~ Erin Knightley

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 much better than having to live with guilt. ~ Keira Knightley

You might not see one in a hundred with
gentleman so plainly written as in Mr. Knightley. ~ Jane Austen

My doctor was like, 'Any questions?' And I was like, 'Yes! When can I drink please?!' I just want a margarita. ~ Keira Knightley

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body. ~ Jane Austen

Insufferable woman!" was her immediate exclamation. "Worse than I had supposed. Absolutely insufferable! Knightley! - I could not have believed it. Knightley! - never seen him in her life before, and call him Knightley! - and discover that he is a gentleman! ~ Jane Austen

Badly done, Emma! ~ Jane Austen

One night the library started closing just as he reached the passage in Emma when it seems like Mr Knightley is going to marry Harriet, and he had to close the book and walk home in a state of strange emotional agitation. He's amused at himself, getting wrapped up in the drama of novels like that. It feels intellectually unserious to concern himself with fictional people marrying one another. But there it is: literature moves him. One of his professors calls it 'the pleasure of being touched by great art'. In those words it almost sounds sexual. And in a way, the feeling provoked in Connell when Mr Knightley kisses Emma's hand is not completely asexual, though its relation to sexuality is indirect. It suggests to Connell that the same imagination he uses as a reader is necessary to understand real people also, and to be intimate with them. ~ Sally Rooney

I wish I was Sienna Miller. When I talk to her, I hope a bit of her party personality will rub off on me, but it never does. ~ Keira Knightley

I enjoy doing an action scene. I'm not a purist as far as films go. If you want to do sex, great. As long as you do it well. ~ Keira Knightley

If you are ever angry at him, threaten to do something to one of his books, as calling him Fred does nothing. ~ Sarah Holman

A man always imagines a woman to be ready for anybody who asks her. ~ Jane Austen

I don't have a problem with my body. I'm not just going to strip off all my clothing, but if the part calls for it and I don't think there's any way round, I'm absolutely fine. ~ Keira Knightley

Well," said Knightley, chuckling, "You have given me the perfect test by which to judge any future infatuations; if I am willing to dance in public for her sake, it must be true love. ~ Barbara Cornthwaite

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

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. ~ Keira Knightley

Mr. Knightley to be no longer coming there for his evening comfort! - No longer walking in at all hours, as if ever willing to change his own home for their's! - How was it to be endured? ~ Jane Austen

I totally agree. I hate knowing too much when I'm going to the cinema and watching as a viewer. I don't want to know that the actor has just gone through a divorce. I don't want to know that the person is an alcoholic. It just gets in the way of my pleasure of watching the character on the screen. ~ Keira Knightley

I think everybody has the right to a private life. ~ Keira Knightley

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

There's no way on God's green earth that I'm dressing up like Mr. Darcy." Brooks stretched out on Caroline's bed, hanging his suede wing tips off the edge and crossing his ankles. He laced his fingers behind his head and looked infuriatingly cool and relaxed.
"Not Mr. Darcy. That's the guy from Pride and Prejudice. You're supposed to come as Mr. Knightley. ~ Mary Jane Hathaway

I think I always disappoint people, because they always expect someone very pretty. Very done. There's so much pressure to be thin, blonde and busty. I'm skinny, but even I couldn't fit into some of the clothes in L.A! In a funny kind of way, I think you create it yourself. I think it's much better to go with the flow and embrace your body, whatever shape it is, and just be happy. ~ 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

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.' Because it does feel important to say it really doesn't matter what shape you are. I think women's bodies are a battleground, and photography is partly to blame. Our society is so photographic now, it becomes more difficult to see all of those different varieties of shape. ~ Keira Knightley

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 situation I'm in now. But I could just do something else. That's probably what's going to happen. I made a decision very recently that I want a life instead. ~ Keira Knightley

Though he can't remember how he got there or having taken off his clothes, A.J. wakes in bed wearing only his underwear. He remembers that Harvey Rhodes is dead; he remembers being an asshole to the comely Knightley Press rep; he remembers throwing the vindaloo across the room; he remembers the first glass of wine and the toast to Tamerlane. After that, oblivion. From his point of view, the evening had been a triumph. ~ Gabrielle Zevin

Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up. ~ Keira Knightley

Journalists don't retire, writers don't retire. I'm still hoping for that other big story. There's always one just around the corner. ~ Phillip 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. ~ Keira Knightley

I find it quite difficult on studio films because there are so many different executives and things like that that you have to go through, so very often getting that definitive opinion is actually quite difficult. ~ Keira Knightley

I've got a lot of experience with anorexia - my grandmother and great-grandmother suffered from it, and I had a lot of friends at school who suffered from it. I know it's not something to be taken lightly and I don't. ~ Keira Knightley

In LA, I'm twice the size- height and everything else- of most of the other actresses who are going for an audition. ~ Keira Knightley

Men of sense, whatever you may choose to say, do not want silly wives. ~ Jane Austen

Self-protection keeps you from love, Mr. Knightley-all love. I am so sad at how I've kept them at a distance-the Muirs, Alex, Father John, Kyle, Hannah ... Anyone and everyone who has ever stood by me. I played God in our relationships. I determined their value by how much I let them in, by how much I let them determine my worth. I'm not God. And I don't need to work so hard anymore ... ~ Katherine Reay

Well, the thing about great fictional characters from literature, and the reason that they're constantly turned into characters in movies, is that they completely speak to what makes people human. ~ Keira Knightley

I think you've got to take the risks. There's no point playing it safe, because either you'll get bored or the audiences will get bored. Sometimes, you're going to make mistakes, and that's fine, but you have to take the risks. I think Pirates is one of the prime examples of that with Johnny Depp's performance, and part of the reason that people love it so much is that you watch it and go, "Gutsy, really gutsy!" ~ Keira Knightley

God knows, I have been a very indifferent lover. But you understand me. ~ Jane Austen

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

I've noticed that the people who started on film still have the ability to see the person in front of them. Whereas for a lot of photographers who have only ever worked in digital, the relationship between the photographer and the person who they're taking a picture of sort of doesn't exist anymore. They're looking at a computer screen as opposed to the person. ~ Keira Knightley

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

The whole point for me is to change as much as possible. If I've done one movie, I've done that, move on. ~ Keira Knightley

What is right to be done cannot be done too soon. ~ Jane Austen

I think quite often when you have a hell of a lot more money and time, as you very much do on a big studio film, you don't necessarily have to make the decisions right there. You can always goback and reshoot it. ~ Keira Knightley

I'm a tomboy beanpole? I can't use a computer, so maybe I'm a bit out of the loop. I don't know whether to be flattered or not flattered. The beanpole bit, is that good? Can you be a sexy beanpole? ~ 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

I like to do the pictures before people get too self-conscious. I like to be spontaneous and get a shot before the subject thinks too much about it. ~ Keira Knightley

Driving most supercars is like trying to manhandle a cow up a back staircase, but this is like smearing honey onto Keira Knightley. ~ Jeremy Clarkson

I see a pair of shoes I adore, and it doesn't matter if they have them in my size. I buy them anyway. ~ Keira Knightley

And thank goodness Jane did not meet in real life an Edmund Bertram, or a Mr Knightley, because if she had married she would doubtless, like her niece Anna, have produced human rather then paper progeny. So – for their failures of courage or determination – we can, must, give thanks to Charles Powlett, who wanted to kiss Jane when she was twenty; to Tom Lefroy, seen off by Madam Lefroy; to the talkative Reverend Samuel Blackall; to the silent Harris Bigg-Wither; to the Reverend Edward Bridges; to Robert Holt-Leigh, the dodgy MP who flirted with Jane in 1806; and to William Seymour, her brother Henry's lawyer, who failed to ask Jane to marry him as they travelled in that carriage. ~ Lucy Worsley

Darcy's got the tempestuous masculinity and brooding looks, but Knightley is a kinder, softer man with no pretense or dissimilation. ~ Katherine Reay

Mr. Knightley, in fact, was one of the few people who could see faults in Emma Woodhouse, and the only one who ever told her of them. ~ Jane Austen

When I was about 5 I think, I desperately wanted to be a pirate and have the hat and everything. ~ Keira Knightley

Prince William definitely isn't my type, he's too horsey-looking. ~ Keira Knightley

It's impossible. You try to have any kind of relationship with your family, with a man, or with a friend, and you have to be on the phone and the Internet the entire time. ~ Keira Knightley

I find it difficult to see the romance in digital. ~ Keira Knightley

I'm ... incredibly open with my mates. Or even people I just meet. ~ Keira Knightley

It's a difficult thing when you try and make a film of a book that you really love. You have about two hours to tell the story, and it's never going to be enough. ~ Keira Knightley

In the movie, you're moving, you have personality, you don't have to be great looking. ~ Keira Knightley

[The press] said to me yesterday 'How does it feel to be called anorexic?' and I had no idea that I was. I'm not saying there aren't people in the film industry that suffer from it, because I am sure that there are. But I'm quite sure I don't have it. ~ Keira Knightley

Then, with the gladness which must be felt, nay, which he did not scruple to feel, having never believed Frank Churchill to be at all deserving Emma, was there so much fond solicitude, so much keen anxiety for her, that he could stay no longer. He had ridden home through the rain; and had walked up directly after dinner, to see how this sweetest and best of all creatures, faultless in spite of all her faults, bore the discovery. ~ Jane Austen

In film as a medium, you're often given a baddie and a goodie and told what to think about them; it's usually a very definite point of view. ~ 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

You speak as if you envied him."
"And I do envy him, Emma. In one respect he is the object of my envy."
Emma could say no more. They seemed to be within half a sentence of Harriet, and her immediate feeling was to avert the subject, if possible. She made her plan; she would speak of something totally different - the children in Brunswick Square; and she only waited for breath to begin, when Mr. Knightley startled her, by saying,
"You will not ask me what is the point of envy. - You are determined, I see, to have no curiosity. - You are wise - but I cannot be wise. Emma, I must tell you what you will not ask, though I may wish it unsaid the next moment."
"Oh! then, don't speak it, don't speak it," she eagerly cried. "Take a little time, consider, do not commit yourself."
"Thank you," said he, in an accent of deep mortification, and not another syllable followed.
Emma could not bear to give him pain. He was wishing to confide in her - perhaps to consult her; - cost her what it would, she would listen. She might assist his resolution, or reconcile him to it; she might give just praise to Harriet, or, by representing to him his own independence, relieve him from that state of indecision, which must be more intolerable than any alternative to such a mind as his. - They had reached the house.
"You are going in, I suppose?" said he.
"No," - replied Emma - quite confirmed by the depressed manner in which he still spoke - "I should like to take ~ Jane Austen

A smart man knows he's no match for a woman. Especially a woman bearing a weapon. ~ Erin Knightley

The highest percentage of England's top jobs are filled by graduates from about two different universities. ~ Keira Knightley

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

I think it doesn't matter where you're from, we all need a bit of romance. ~ Keira Knightley

How did I end up in films with people like Keira Knightley ... all these beautiful leading ladies and me - it's kind of shocking. ~ Steve Carell

Nice is the worst word. ~ Keira Knightley

Because it does feel important to say it really doesn't matter what shape you are. ~ Keira Knightley

I don't think I can call myself an actress yet. I just don't think my skill level is that high. I hope that with every job it gets better. But until I'm good, I can say I'm trying to be an actor, but I don't think I've completely made it. ~ Keira Knightley

It's all about perfection, isn't it? ~ Keira Knightley

Darkus held up The Code and quickly tore out the page he'd been reading. Knightley winced. He'd seen many dead bodies and witnessed many brutal crimes, but there was still something violent about ripping a book. ~ Rohan Gavin

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

The delightful assurance of her total indifference towards Frank Churchill, of her having a heart completely disengaged from him, had given birth to the hope, that, in time, he might gain her affection himself; - but it had been no present hope - he had only, in the momentary conquest of eagerness over judgment, aspired to be told that she did not forbid his attempt to attach her. - The superior hopes which gradually opened were so much the more enchanting. - The affection, which he had been asking to be allowed to create, if he could, was already his! - Within half an hour, he had passed from a thoroughly distressed state of mind, to something so like perfect happiness, that it could bear no other name. ~ Jane Austen

I'm obsessed with shoes. I must have hundreds of pairs ... That reminds me- I need to go shopping! ~ Keira Knightley

I'm not the new Cameron Diaz. I'm not the new Keira Knightley, either. I don't know where these ideas come from. I'd rather be thought of as the one and only Laura Haddock. I'll happily settle for that. ~ Laura Haddock

Just don't be surprised if while you are looking to the heavens, I am looking to you. You, my dear Mrs. Hastings,are all the beauty, guidance, and light I will ever need. ~ Erin Knightley

I always feel like I'm the one with everything to prove. ~ Keira Knightley

You watch him playing Jack Sparrow, and he's loving it, and he's loving being in that world. He's still excited by it. Sometimes, he'll even say, 'Was that OK?' And I'm thinking, 'You're Johnny Depp man, you know that's OK!' But he doesn't. He's still going to [director] Gore [Verbinski] and asking for help. It's a privilege to see the human side of Johnny. It's really exciting. ~ Keira Knightley

Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge. ~ Keira Knightley

I would love to do anything involving a good strong character, whether it's in film, TV or theatre. My dream role's already been taken by Keira Knightley in 'Pride and Prejudice.' Growing up, I really wanted to be Lizzie Bennett. ~ Roxanne McKee

A lot of times in cinema today the women are overly sentimental, so I constantly try to do the opposite. I like strident women. ~ Keira Knightley

If you are mad enough to marry me, my love, then I am likewise inclined. ~ Erin Knightley