firesbride:

“I remember doing interviews, and people would ask, as if it was a joke, ‘So you mean you are a feminist?’ As though feminism couldn’t be discussed unless we were making fun of it. I don’t want to deny my femininity. But would I want to be a stay-at-home mother? No. On the other hand, you should be allowed to do that, as should men, without being sneered at.” – 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.

knightleyfans:

When you posed topless on the cover of Interview most recently, it was very close in time to the many, many images of naked women being released on the Internet against their will through hacking… Was this intentional? How do you feel about the hacking invasion? Why do you think there is an increase in this of late?

I wish it had been intentional but it was just coincidence. I totally agreed with Jennifer Lawrence saying that it was a form of sexual assault. It was. It’s very clear that in this day and age women are still being punished for being sexual creatures and that that punishment is seen as socially and culturally acceptable. We have a culture of so-called ‘slut shaming’ which the Internet has highlighted. Just because a woman chooses to share photographs of a sexual nature with a partner, doesn’t mean that anyone else has the right to see them. It’s the same thing as saying that because a woman has consensual sex with one person everyone has a right to have sex with her. We have the right of privacy and the right to say ‘no’. The hacking and release of those photographs was a violation. The public release of any photograph [whether the people are in the public eye or not] of a sexual nature without prior consent of the people involved is, in my opinion, a form of sexual assault. (x)

fearwakes:

Break the rules. I’ve always hated the idea that you should be wearing this or that, because it makes me feel like I’m getting everything wrong. I hated it at school, and I don’t want it as an adult. If you want to wear a f*cking flowerpot on your head and that makes you happy, then wear a f*cking flowerpot on your head.

ohkeiraknightley:

Keira Knightley photographed by Todd Plitt

“I think I’ve specifically taken two roles in order to be the kind of female stereotype because I was just quite interested in it, but everything else, even the period films, even The Duchess, were all about a woman that doesn’t fit into the mold and is being constrained by it and trying to break out of it… The 1700s and the 1940s really are quite different, you know. I like exploring [female suppression] within period pieces because the clothes are literally so constricting. And you’ve got the class thing….” — Keira Knightley, for The Edit on Net-A-Porter (2014)

tayloralisonswft:

_{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.}