New Delhi:
Keira Knightley works hard to convince herself she is "not s**t."
The Anna Karenina actress says she took a "massive slamming" earlier in her career which has had a permanent negative effect on her self-confidence.
In an interview in the new issue of Empire magazine, she said: "When you take a massive slamming early on, I don't think you ever really get over it. I look at some actors of my age who didn't go through a slamming and I cannot understand the confidence. They're like a different species. I think that's ingrained into me now, that feeling of needing to convince myself I'm not s**t."
Keira Knightley got her first big break in Bend It Like Beckham in 2002 when she was just 17, but didn't feel like she was treated like a proper actress until after Pride and Prejudice in 2005. Although she claims she never reads stories about her, she does sometimes get exposed to headlines.
The 27-year-old star - who is engaged to Klaxons musician James Righton - added: "One Pirates of the Caribbean and a King Arthur in and you realise the extent of what's being written. I so see stuff, it's amazing how many times you can go to a hairdresser and someone will show you an article saying you're an ugly, anorexic, talentless b***h and say, 'Isn't this amazing?' So you do become aware of things, but I stopped looking at about 19 or 20."
The Anna Karenina actress says she took a "massive slamming" earlier in her career which has had a permanent negative effect on her self-confidence.
In an interview in the new issue of Empire magazine, she said: "When you take a massive slamming early on, I don't think you ever really get over it. I look at some actors of my age who didn't go through a slamming and I cannot understand the confidence. They're like a different species. I think that's ingrained into me now, that feeling of needing to convince myself I'm not s**t."
Keira Knightley got her first big break in Bend It Like Beckham in 2002 when she was just 17, but didn't feel like she was treated like a proper actress until after Pride and Prejudice in 2005. Although she claims she never reads stories about her, she does sometimes get exposed to headlines.
The 27-year-old star - who is engaged to Klaxons musician James Righton - added: "One Pirates of the Caribbean and a King Arthur in and you realise the extent of what's being written. I so see stuff, it's amazing how many times you can go to a hairdresser and someone will show you an article saying you're an ugly, anorexic, talentless b***h and say, 'Isn't this amazing?' So you do become aware of things, but I stopped looking at about 19 or 20."
