Keira Knightley Quotes

I went from everyone saying, 'She-can't-act-she-can't-act-she-can't-act,' to an Oscar nomination. So there was something quite sublime about that!

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• I went from everyone saying, 'She-can't-act-she-can't-act-she-can't-act,' to an Oscar nomination. So there was something quite sublime about that!

  

  Keira Knightley
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