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“The reason I was born was because they had one child but my mum wanted another baby and they did not have very much money.

“My dad said to her ‘Alright, if you sell a script we can have a baby.’ So I was actually born out of a bet because she did manage to sell the script. And here I am.”

~ Keira Knightley on how her playwright mom, Sharman Macdonald told her she had to make a deal with her father in order to have another baby.

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Keira Knightley: My vice is swearing

Actress says she's got a potty mouth

Keira Knightley reckons she’s picked up some bad habits from her mum Sharman MacDonald.

The actress - who doesn’t drink, smoke or do drugs – says she can’t help muttering obscenities.

‘That is my vice, swearing,’ she admits. 'I really enjoy it.

'But you know what, my mum swears quite a lot while my dad does not swear.’

Meanwhile, Keira, 23, hopes to star in a remake of My Fair Lady with George Clooney, 47.

‘It’s an interesting prospect,’ she tells the Daily Mirror. ‘But there’s nothing concrete.’

Her next role is in The Beautiful And The Damned, which she starts shooting in spring.

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Keira Knightley wants to stay at home and cook for a while

Keira Knightley has not signed up for any more movies because she wants to chill out at her London home.

'It's been a strange year as far as films go,' she says. 'With the writers' strike in Hollywood, a lot of financing has fallen through.

'So I'm going to sit in my flat, read books and cook. I don't have a TV and I don't like to shop.'

But The Duchess actress, 23, doesn't want to turn her back on her profession for good.

'You stand on sets and think it's a ridiculous thing to do for a living,' she tells the Daily Star.

'Then you get caught up in it with people who absolutely love trying to create great stories.'


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Keira Knightley attended 'The Duchess Premiere'

Although The Duchess premiere was attended by a host of British celebs, including Tara Palmer-Tomkinson and Narnia actress Anna Popplewell, the true star of Wednesday night's London screening was the period drama's leading lady. Keira Knightley dazzled in a flirty Alexis Mabille number as she caught up with her co-star Ralph Fiennes at the star-studded event.

And the English Patient actor wasn't the only hunk Keira was mingling with at the do. The evening marked a rare couples' outing for the screen siren and her actor beau Rupert Friend, too. Fresh from a holiday in Indonesia, the pair - whose romance blossomed after they met on the set of Pride And Prejudice - showed they're as in-tune as ever by colour-coordinating their outfits.

In the flick Keira plays Georgiana Spencer, an aristocrat who becomes trapped in a loveless marriage with the Duke of Devonshire - played by Ralph - who is desperate for a son. And while the Pirates Of The Caribbean beauty says Georgiana - a distant relative of Princess Diana - was a "very exciting character to play", there were aspects of filming she wasn't quite so keen on.

"I had to be sewn in each time I put a costume on… That was what happened in those days," reveals the 23-year-old, who spent two hours dressing for her role every day. "While the end results would have been a fabulous look, getting there wasn't easy.

"The clothes, the wigs and the hats were so heavy that it became painful to stand around. At one point I had to wear a wig that was two feet high and the weight pushed my head down into my neck. The camera couldn't even see my eyes!"

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Keira Knightley: My mother and I chat about sex

Actress says they share a very close bond

Keira Knightley admits she's always been able to talk to her mom Sharman MacDonald about sex.

The actress, 23, says they had a very open relationship when she was growing up.

‘[It wasn’t] the typical mother-daughter thing,’ she tells Metro.

‘My house was always the one where my brother and his mates would be drinking when they shouldn’t be.

‘Mom and I would always talk about sex.

'She’d come up to my room and have me roll her cigarette and then tell me I had to have one with her.’

Sharman wrote the screenplay for Keira's latest film The Edge Of Love, starring Sienna Miller, 26.

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Quote Of The Day

“It (dyslexia) makes me feel I am going to read absolutely everything so I can prove that I am not stupid.”

”I am completely uneducated. Not going to university did give me an incredible driving force because it leaves you with a slight chip on your shoulder.”

~ Keira Knightley on being determined to prove she is not dumb after dropping out of school at 17.

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Keira Knightley: I pout when I'm nervous

Actress says she doesn't do it deliberately

Keira Knightley says she purses her lips when she's under pressure.

‘It’s when I’m nervous and my neck gets really, really tense and then that pressure sort of squeezes up to my lips and they push out,’ she says.

But The Edge Of Love actress, 23, doesn't think she does it much anymore.

'I think I was pouty when I was 16 or 17 when my first films came out,' she tells The Observer.

I don't know, maybe I still do it.'

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Keira Knightley Doesn’t Want Her Body Digitally Altered

Keira Knightley, 23 - who plays Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire, in period drama ‘The Duchess’ - is “proud” of her modest assets and didn’t want them changed in any publicity shots. She has reportedly banned studio bosses from digitally enhancing her cleavage. A source said:

“She has insisted that her figure stay in its natural state. She is proud of her body and doesn’t want it altered.

“But she looks flat-chested throughout the whole movie.”

Keira’s decision comes after her breasts were enlarged for posters and in publicity stills for her 2004 movie ‘King Arthur’. She said at the time:

“Those things certainly weren’t mine! I was like, ‘OK, fine. I honestly don’t give a s**t!’ “

Keira - who is dating her ‘Pride and Prejudice’ co-star Rupert Friend - previously revealed she would like to have larger breasts, adding:

”I would love to have boobs! I’m never going to get them. I’m naturally who I am.”

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Keira Knightley At The Elle Style Awards

Keira Knightley also hit up and won an award at the Elle Style Awards held at the Westway Sports Centre in London.