Keira Knightley Quotes

I'm one of those crazy people, if I'm watching the trailer for a movie and I'm really excited by it, I'll turn it off because I don't want to know anything. I want to be surprised because I love that more than knowing anything.

I think surprises make TV entertaining.

I definitely like the mystery of not knowing how things will turn out, you know.

I love to go into a movie and have no idea what's going to happen in it.

Life is like a novel. It's filled with suspense. You have no idea what is going to happen until you turn the page.

I think kids want the same thing from a book that adults want - a fast-paced story, characters worth caring about, humor, surprises, and mystery. A good book always keeps you asking questions, and makes you keep turning pages so you can find out the answers.

When people go to the theater, they don't want to think 'I know exactly what I'm gonna get,' and then they get it and then they walk out. I think you want to walk in going 'I don't really know what this is about,' and have the fun of discovering it.

I like the idea of shows where I don't know where I'll be at the end of the season.

I believe movies are better, the less you know going in.

I don't know why people are so obsessed with finding out stuff before the movie comes out. It's so much more fun to just go. I mean, I don't do that. I don't go looking for stuff that I'm interested in, you know, to try and find out pictures and what the movie's about. It's so much more fun to be surprised.

The problem in cinema is that you can never predict what will happen.

I hate to go to movies or watch a TV show and know the ending within 15 minutes.

The success of the storytellers - we're only as good as what we can withhold from the audience. Aspects of surprise and letting things play out for the audience - it's so much a part of their enjoyment. It's one of the great things about working in the movies and being a great storyteller.

'Homeland' does have that ability to tear the rug out from under you.

So long as no one knows everything about you, you have resources you can call upon for which no one is really prepared.

I like not knowing about my favourite actresses and actors. I love seeing Meryl Streep up there and knowing so little about who she is outside of what she's playing on screen.

When people start to think they're figuring out 'The Vampire Diaries,' it switches on you.

When you have 12 hours of storytelling, the cool thing about it is that you get to really leave people with question marks, but hopefully wanting to come back.

What I love is that 'Game of Thrones' is always up for surprises.

This element of surprise or mystery the detective element as it is sometimes rather emptily called is of great importance in a plot.

I like surprises. I like mystery. I’m not the kind of person who goes to the writer’s room and goes, I need to know the whole story so I can prepare. No, don’t tell me anything!

I always thought the joy of reading a book is not knowing what happens next. (Leonard Shelby, Memento)

On ne sait jamais! One never knows!

My ambition is to keep the audience guessing... that is my path to a long career.

When I watch television, I want to be surprised.