London:
Actress Keira Knightley is so shy to talk to her fans that she deliberately dresses down in a bid to go unnoticed in public.
The Pirates of the Caribbean star admitted she always wears her scruffiest clothes when out and about and avoids showbiz parties to maintain her low profile, but she fears her tactics aren't working, reported Vogue magazine.
"I think it (fame) broke something in me. I was told very early on that if I didn't go out to openings and partiesand events I would be left alone. I didn't, and they still didn't leave me alone.
"I knew it was part of the deal in the life I had signed up to, but the fear of it has never left me. I'm stillnot good at being recognised. I wear scruffy clothes and hats and keep my head well down... I'm just very shy," she said.
And the 25-year-old actress is convinced she has riled gossip columnists over the years by failing to provide them with any scandal.
"I was so young when it started. I was involved in Pirates from the age of 17 until 21. At that time peoplecouldn't get enough of people falling out of nightclubs with their knickers showing and I wasn't giving them that - and I think it infuriated them."
The Pirates of the Caribbean star admitted she always wears her scruffiest clothes when out and about and avoids showbiz parties to maintain her low profile, but she fears her tactics aren't working, reported Vogue magazine.
"I think it (fame) broke something in me. I was told very early on that if I didn't go out to openings and partiesand events I would be left alone. I didn't, and they still didn't leave me alone.
"I knew it was part of the deal in the life I had signed up to, but the fear of it has never left me. I'm stillnot good at being recognised. I wear scruffy clothes and hats and keep my head well down... I'm just very shy," she said.
And the 25-year-old actress is convinced she has riled gossip columnists over the years by failing to provide them with any scandal.
"I was so young when it started. I was involved in Pirates from the age of 17 until 21. At that time peoplecouldn't get enough of people falling out of nightclubs with their knickers showing and I wasn't giving them that - and I think it infuriated them."
