Keira 'not comfortable' being snapped - Sept 20007
She may be one of the most photographed women in Britain, but Keira Knightley has apparently confessed she feels uncomfortable in front of the cameras.

The actress - who's currently starring in new film Atonement - admits she worries about how she looks and sometimes feels awkward in front of snappers.

"I look in the mirror and go, 'Oh no! More spots, more acne'. And I'm not comfortable being photographed when I'm being myself," Keira reportedly told the Daily Mirror.

"I believe that the Aborigines say that every photo takes away a bit of your soul. It's very odd, but I think there's some truth in that."

Keira, who jetted to Canada for the Toronto Film Festival last week, recently revealed that despite being an A-list star she likes to stay in touch with the world outside of the limelight.

"I do like to keep in touch with thing that are happening - reading newspapers, things like that," she said.


Hollywood is extraordinary, says Keira - Sept 12 2007
Keira Knightley apparently thinks that Hollywood sizes are "extraordinary" - and has revealed that she’s twice the size of most of the actresses there.

The 22-year-old - whose latest role is in Atonement, alongside James McAvoy - told Hello! magazine: "I’m twice the size - height and everything else - of most of the other girls who are going to see the director for a part.

"When you realise that I’m - at my size - one of the largest actresses there you just think, ’This is getting ridiculous!’. It’s quite extraordinary, and it’s at that point that you start to think, ’I don’t think it would be healthy for me to stay here much longer...’"

She insists she manages to stay in touch with normality.

"This is the real world for me - making movies, acting," she explained. "But I do like to keep in touch with thing that are happening - reading newspapers, things like that.

"Am I a workaholic? I guess I am. And yes, I do want to spend more time with my friends and family."
 

Keira ’Incredibly Insecure’ - Sept 7 2007
Keira Knightley has opened up about feeling terrible insecurity when she began acting - as a result of nasty comments about her.

The Atonement star told the Daily Express: "When I was 17, 18, 19, I felt incredibly insecure. I went through a period of thinking I looked weird and skinny, and that’s 10 times worse when you’re being written about.

"When it first starts happening, I defy everyone not to look at every review that says you’re rubbish, and not to look at every picture that says you’re wearing the wrong dress."

The 22-year-old added that it was particularly bad when she was cast for the part of Elizabeth Bennet in Pride And Prejudice.

"Pretty much everyone said, ’You’re not right for it’," she recalls.

"It was like, ’Come on! It’s the girl from Pirates! She can’t act!’. I think I hid in work because I didn’t want to deal with any of it."

Keira wows fans at premiere - Aug 5 2007
Keira Knightley has delighted fans at the UK premiere of her new film Atonement by going on a walkabout to sign autographs for her admirers.

The 22-year-old star was in London’s Leicester Square before the showing of the movie at the Odeon Cinema.

Keira, who is being tipped for an Oscar nomination for her role as Cecilia Tallis, wore a silver-grey Rodarte dress, slashed across the front, and a tiara in her hair.