Keira Knightley

I really believe that in this industry women have to be very true to themselves about what they're comfortable with.

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.

You already feel unsure of yourself, and then you see your worst fears in print. It really knocked me - which is why, I think, I was working, working, working, because I was trying to run away from the fact that I thought I couldn't do it.

It's fantastic to have the opportunity to work abroad, and do all that, but there is a certain point where you're just like, 'Oh, I'd love to work at home.'

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

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.

I didn't know this about myself, but when 'Pirates of the Caribbean' came out I realised that I didn't enjoy a huge amount of recognition. I didn't react to it well, but I think life is about finding out who you are and what you like. So I started doing independent movies and art-house films instead.

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.

All through my life what I've loved doing is watching movies. I love the escapism of film, I love stories. So it is incredible to be able to be in them as much as I am, to see them from the first stitch in a costume to the end product.

I always find it much easier when there's one person whose vision you're following, as opposed to many people.

I like watching films when I don't know anything about the people.

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

I started working when I was seven, and ever since then I've been saving for an apartment. Even before that I had a little jam jar designated for my apartment money.

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.

I'm doing a film now with a lot of guys as well, so at the end of that I will be growing a beard.

My mum says that I was born 45, and I do remember at six thinking that I should be earning my own living.

What's nice about playing somebody real is that generally there's more information about them, so a lot of the questions that you'd otherwise have to make up the answers to are already there.

I made a conscious decision to live my life the best way I could and that meant to publicise myself as little as possible.

I think everybody has the right to a private life.

It's good to know that other people think differently, and that's what makes the characters interesting.