Keira Knightley feels “lucky” to have survived her first experiences of fame.
The 40-year-old actress has enjoyed a very successful career in the film industry, having starred in Bend it like Beckham in 2002 – but Keira acknowledges that her life and career could easily have taken a different direction.
Talk to The IndependentKeira explained: “As an adult I am very aware that people can go through very difficult times in their lives and they don’t come out of them with a very successful career and a very healthy bank balance. I feel incredibly lucky.”
THE Pride and prejudice The star also admitted that she has now achieved a level of respect from the public that didn’t exist during her teenage years.
“I think as a 40-year-old woman, people react differently to you than when you’re 18. That’s the way the world is,” she said.
Keira added: “When you’re 18 you don’t have a lot of work, you’re all image. When you have a career that lasts 25 years and you have enough going on to say, ‘Well, it’s quite a job, some of it worked, some of it didn’t’ – people can look and say, ‘That’s a career.'”
Meanwhile, the Black doves The talent previously said there was “an inherent rage in the actors.”
Keira Knightley told Tutor newspaper: “I think there’s an inherent rage in actors. I see it a lot. Masked brilliantly but easily accessible.”
“It’s not that people behave badly, because in general they don’t. But there is a well of anger that opens up very quickly,” she concluded.
