July 5, 2006
Keira: 'Pirates' Success Surprised Me
Now, Sequel Hitting Screens; Zealously Guards Privacy
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Play CBS Video Video Keira Returns In 'Pirates' Keira Knightley sat down with Jess Cagle to discuss the sequel to "Pirates of the Caribbean" and her rise to stardom after receiving an Academy Award nomination for best actress.
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Video Knightley's Oscar Surprise When Keira Knightley's name was bandied about for a possible best actress nomination, she dismissed such rumors. But, as Scott Rapoport reports, the "Pride & Prejudice" star will be tough competition.
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Video Knightley On Globe Nomination Keira Knightley received a Golden Globe nomination for her role as Elizabeth Bennet in "Pride and Prejudice." The 20-year-old reveals how she heard the news.
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Keira Knightley on The Early Show Wednesday. (CBS/The Early Show)
But Knightley told Cagle she decided early on never to let the spotlight shine on her private life: "I think I did that from the very first interview I did when I was 15, you know. I mean, I just, I think there is obviously a lot of speculation, which I'd say probably 98 percent is completely untrue. And that's the way I like it.
"I think you've got to be very clear what you're comfortable with and what you're not. … I don't think you understand how wonderful privacy is until people are really trying to take it away. And it's a very, very wonderful thing to have, stuff that is only for you and your family. And it is only for me and my family. And I am very protective of it. So, yeah. I mean, that's just the way I like to keep it."
Knightley says she's taking a temporary break from the movie business after the next "Pirates" sequel.
"The last five years have molded into one. ... I can't tell you what was last year and what was the year before," she said. "It's just been one big long film set, which is wonderful. And it's like, I love my job. I really love what I do. But I'm quite frightened, if you continue at that kind of rate, you'll start to hate what you love. And I don't want that to happen. … So I think I need to step back and, you know, it's like doing sabbatical, and sort of go away and learn a bit more and come back and, hopefully, I'll have moved on to the next step, whatever that is."
This week, says Cagle, Knightley showed up at the London premier of "Dead Man's Chest" in another great gown. It was by Gucci. There's been a lot of talk that she's looking very thin and, she says, although there is a history of anorexia in her family, she does not have an eating disorder.
As for "Dead Man's Chest," Cagle calls it "really fun, action-packed, with huge action set pieces. It's much more extravagant than the first one."
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