Keira Knightley Quotes

I didn't read the book on how to be a well-adjusted celebrity.

The reason so many celebrities try to keep things secret is you want the chance to get to know someone without the glare of public scrutiny.

I'm still coming to terms with what it's like to have people follow your personal life as well as your public life. It gets amusing.

It's been perfect. I can still ride a subway and work with great people. I can't imagine being Julia Roberts. I don't have the fortitude to withstand that kind of attention.

It was great for me getting a chance to grow up as a normal kid just out of the spotlight, versus all of them growing up in New York. They always had that intense media and spotlight on them.

I'm living the life I always dreamed of living. From the time I was a youngster I wanted to be a celebrity. It's a great life. The only bad thing is that people are more interested in your personal life than they are in your work and it's freaky

It's a little bit hard to have personal things subject to public scrutiny, and it's a pressure that other people aren't under, but then they're under a lot of pressures that we're not under.

Fame invades your private life. It takes away from the time that you spend with friends, and the time that you can work. It tends to isolate you from the real world.

Being famous is like a dream come true but it's really difficult because you lose your freedom. I don't want to lose being a kid.

I'm famous, so I can't, like, really walk around in malls and stuff like that. I don't really have as much privacy.

There's a million more pros than cons, for sure. Obviously, the privacy thing is a little different. It's not normal to wake up and have 12 paparazzi cars waiting outside to follow you to Starbucks in the morning. But, there's a lot more pros, and I'm willing to put up with those cons, for sure.

I don't like being a celebrity.

When you're in a position to be paparazzi-ed just walking down the street, you'd look a little daft if you were smiling all the time.

Celebrity's a pain in the backside - you're always on display.

One great benefit of not being on TV every week is that people will be a lot less interested in what I have in my supermarket basket. I could even un-tint my car windows - or at least opt for a lighter shade.

I'm just grateful I didn't have to spend my early 20s in front of paparazzi cameras.

For celebrities, privacy is utterly nonexistent. You are asked intrusive questions about your personal life. You can be photographed at any moment.

I'm used to having a camera in my face but not a camera following me.

I don't court paparazzi. I definitely don't like that part of it.

I want a private life, I truly do. I'm not just pretending to want one like lots of celebrities.

As an actor you want people to know you and there are times you want your pictures taken, but it's unnerving to walk out of a venue with friends and there are 20 people flashing lights in your face. Do you know how bright those lights are?

I really hate the duties of being a celebrity, like getting dressed up for the red carpet.

There's such big pressure on people who are incredibly famous, on those who have people sitting outside their front door and taking photos every time they move.

After three years in Chicago, I decided to call it a career.

Fame can be just so annoying because people are so critical of you. You can't just say, 'hi'. You say hi and people whisper' man did you see the way she said hi? What an attitude.