Quote Of The Day
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"Weight is a big issue in Hollywood because I'm twice the size, height and everything else, of most of the girls who are going in to see the director for a part. When you realize that I am, at my size, one of the largest actresses there, you start to think, 'I don't think it'd be healthy for me to stay here much longer.'"
- Keira Knightley
[Image via Mavrix Online.]
Posted: September 17, 2007 at 2:34 pm
initally i am angered by her careless statement. she is already UNDER WEIGHT. any basic BMI chart can tell her that. i'd hate to see the "other girls" she's referring to… It annoys me to hear girls like Eva Longoria considered "curvy" by hollywood standards. NO, Beyone is curvy. JLo IS curvy. Kiera, seems an extra 3 pounds short of Nicole Richie 2006.
and then i think, how sad. how very very sad that we live in a society that makes even the skinniest, the emaciated, feel that they are still too large. and what a terrible, terrible example Kiera has set for young girls, who are 12, and probably, naturally, double her size too. double a size zero, and u get what….? a 4? I'm proud of healthy girls like that Ugly Betty actress who do not cower in the face of unrealistic hollywood standards, but instead trailblaze a new trend: curvy is the new skinny!
all jokes aside, anorexia is the #1 killer of all psychological disorders, and no celebrity should so irresponsibly perpetuate that to their younger and easily influenced fans.
have here and Kate Bosworth been tryin out for the same parts???
Dang, she needs to EAT!!!! She looks like an alien… Not even attractive anymore =(
Huh?????????
Loca in the cabeza
there's no denying keira is stunning, but don't people agree she would look incredible if she weight? her arms are rake thin.
**if she gained weight
i interpret it as her saying she knows that she is very thin (and she's tall), and the fact that girls at auditions in LA are even thinner than her is a very frightening thing. if you look at her earlier work, you'll see she's always been skinny. i find it hard to believe that anyone out there doesn't know someone who is naturally thin. it's just wrong place (LA) wrong time (the skinny craze) for her.
nasty looking!
She looks like she can't even support the weight of her own head.
I love you Perez! xoxo
She is so freakin' good looking. A gorgeous gal from any angle….especially in Love Actually.
maybe she was looking in one of those fun-house mirrors or something. this is sad. she looks like a skeleton, and skeletons are NOT sexy!!!
What?! LMAO. Are there literally skeletons auditioning for these parts?
I had to end a friendship with a girl that picked at her food. She just had way too many issues and was always prepared to strike like a rattler on amphetamines.
Fuck twice the size and height honey, your HEAD is twice the size of you body. OMG. What is this? I can't stop looking at this child. What's happened to her?
did she really say that? OMG, Hollywood not only corrupts people, it makes complete idiots out of them too. Look at bony butt talking.
Wow… did not realize she goes against so many 12 year old girls for movie parts. Dakota Fanning better give her some diet tips:)
size ofcourse is an other word for age
competion is breathing down her very fragile neck (bones)
Is she on crack?
She's living proof that anorexia kills brain cells.
Keira may be tall for an actress but she definitely needs to gain about 20 lbs. I think she's a good actress, but it hurts to look at her now.
she had body dismorphic disorder. i have it too but im not fucking stupid about it like she is.
FAT FUCK
That is extremely disturbing. Clearly, she has just proven she has an eating disorder.
she looks like death!!!
Re: Are you all insane? – I think the quote can be easily misread; there is not much context for here.
She's skinny and dumb
sounds like an anorexic to me!
She might be naturally skinny like she always claims but I guarantee this girl is very very strict about what she eats and eats VERY little. She's certainly not one of those naturally slim girls who eat all the time yet remain pretty slim, bc girls like that dont have chest bones sticking out that could stab someone's eye out. She's got some eating and body issues bc shes always complaining about how its sooo hard being naturally skinny. It's not impossible to put on 5 pounds even if your metabolism is fast! She must be one of those girls who look in the mirror and see themselves as 50 pounds heavier than they really are. There's no way that most of the girls who audition for parts are half her size…she's insane, delusional, fucked in the head.
you have GOT to be kidding me. she's one of the more rail thin actresses. this has got to be a joke!
I'm slightly confused on the comment she made, but her saying that she's twice the size as the rest of Hollywood? She looks like she has an eating disorder of her own….
omg shes fucking psycho ….shes such a pretty girl….EAT GOD DAMIT!
Why does she look so weird? Something is off…I think she looks like a alien.
MUHAHAHAHAHHAHAH!!!!
"Twice the size" of whom?
is she serious?
She must ne nuts and blind, because it is obvious that we see that you are too skinny. Twice the size, that's absurd.
If you look really closely you can see a ostrich morphing out of her chest. OMG. This bitch is just too ridiculous. Silly ass. I have no sympathy for any of these shallow, superficial, self-centered scabs.
Umm, I believe her. I believe that she is naturally thin (takes one to know one) and that a lot of the other actresses do starve themselves. She's not saying that these are the actresses we see on the big screen necessarily, although i'm sure we'd be shocked at the size of them if we were to see them in person. The world is f&$*…i'm always told how SKINNY I am, yet when I go to buy clothes, I have to buy a medium for them to fit - it's f&*#ed up.
Is this an indirect way of her admitting she's got an eating disorder?
Re: Are you all insane? – That's what I got, too. At least she's realizing it.
SHE'S ALSO A VEGAN AND ONL EATS FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. HOW DO YOU EXPECT HER TO PUT ON WEIGHT? SHE DOESN'T EAT FATTENING FOODS AND SHE WORKS OUT. SOUNDS PRETTY HEALTHY TO ME
To all the people that commented "WTF" or "shes crazy" you are completely right, but you have to think, she is in LA and there absolutely is a demand for skinny. Dont get me wrong I dont think that she looks good at all being this skinny; She obviousely has a body distortion issue, thats whats sad; its more then just giving the girl a burger. Every girl goes through skinny, fat, skinny, fat …thats normal but extreme's of both is death waiting to happen.
She doesn't need help. She needs a hard kick in the ribs. But it would probably shatter her in half.
She doesn't need help. She needs a hard kick in the ribs. But it would probably shatter her in half.
oh, shut the fuck up and eat a fucking meal.
Mandy Moore is a "healthy" girl, has a good career and plenty of dates….you don't see HER whining about her weight.
(does anyone remember her "bend it like beckham" premiere, where she wore a midriff (huh???) exposing her alarmingly thin midriff???)
Gee, Keira, you look like you just got out of a concentration camp, and all you fucking talk about is your weight, maybe YOU are the one with the issue!
maybe you should give your career as much attention, and by the way, shut the fuck up!!!
she's very thin on the upper part of her body, but her legs aren't exactly slim
That quote is really,really old,easily taken from a british magazine,probably elle in 206.It's certainly not from this year.And since then she has in fact,lost weight,so obviously she ignored her own advice.
Well, she photographs pretty well then, for a 6 foot girl.
She's referring to her height and her shoe size.
Keira, own it and work it. You are world class stunning.
The only place that she'd be the largest person is at a concentration camp.
what the fuck???
i'm really confused. everytime she opens her mouth all she talks about is her supposed lack of an eating disorder, aka she HAS one, clearly. what a dumb wench.
I'm skinny like Keira. It is possible to be that thin especially if you work and travel frequently. I think all of you haters are just jealous fat people.
Seriously, come on. Like a LOT of pics and quotes from this site, this was obviously taken out of context or doctored. Don't believe everything you read.
This kind of logic is called body dysmorphic disorder
She says with her collar bone poking out like the Cript keeper but with better skin and a pretty face.
Ever notice how Kiera Knightly and Skeletor are never in the same place at the same time…?
I'm just sayin'…
She probably just means that she is a Size 4 and everyone else is a 2, so she would be literally "twice the size."
She is usually gorgeous, but she sort of looks like Potato Head Willis in this picture.
WTF is she smoking?
Well, some people ARE thin. But if she has an eating disorder I certainly would want her to get help.
BUT….Sienna Miller? Hello??? Are you listening??? Now THIS is a neck!!!! Thank you!!!
What is she talking about? Maybe she needs rehab TOO. Sounds alittle confused? Does she think she's bigfoot? WHO THE HELL CARES KEIRA? Nobody. Just shut-up and look GOOD and you'll get a role in some loser's movie.
wow this bitch is retarded. can you say….cry for attention? fuck you keira knightly, go eat a cheeseburger!
her head looks too big for her body
She likely has body dysmorphia, which usually is in conjunction with an eating disorder. She likely really believes that she's fat and doesn't have an ED because she isn't thin enough.
Where are her handlers? This chick needs help!!!
total anorexic. so sorry for her. she is pretty
look at her mouth, the creases. its been photshopped to make her look even more malnourished. you people will eat anything fed to you.
She obviously has a distorted body image, which usually goes hang-in-hand with anorexia.
Mimi, you are hilarious - as tiny as sienna miller is, she does NOT have a neck - good call!!
and no, i'm not a hater, but hey, they're ACTRESSES in the public eye!!
this comment makes no sense …
BTW - again, not with the hating, but is anyone else aware that Keira is almost certainly gay???
What BS
I'm in the biz and she is a total aneroxic
Shes twice a skeleton and thats about it
What the hell? She thinks there are girls out there HALF her size?! If it got any smaller than her, they would be skeletons - literally! Girl needs to get some help for her obvious Body Dysmorphic Disorder. Too bad… she really is so pretty, and a great actress.
this is a misquote, she was talking about her height and shoe size after someone asked her how she felt about anorexia rumours and she said she was more worried about the size of everything else…i think shes gorgeous anyways. and i think the only people who have a problem with people syaing its genetics that keep them thin are fat anyway so they couldnt rly understand now could they? xxxx
yeah fucking right you're twice the size…..go eat some grease….please
Is she serious?!? My god she's trippin! She needs a reality check…she's not at all one of larger actresses of hollwood!
Keira Knightley is so fukking hot! As M.I.A. said, you'll be lucky to see the sun one day out of a week. The Brits are a different breed. Let her get her nutrition from beer! She's awesome.
She looks like a victim of Auschwietz.
People need to read more carefully and not just react. If they did they would understand that what she implied is that she knows she's skinny but if she is the "largest" one auditioning for a part, then Hollywood is truly not a good place to be if actresses feel the need to be super thin and unhealthy to get ahead.
What the Efff?! She is more insane than Britney Spears!
SHE LOOKS LIKE A CRANE
Is she dead or a zombie or what….
the fact that she believes she is bigger than most other actresses (coupled with her inability to stfu about weight) shows that she does have an eating disorder or body dysmorphic disorder. she's imagining things!
Her head and neck remind me of a snake about ready to strike. I wonder if she makes hissing sounds.
if she is TWICE the size, are the other people dead?
She's 5'7 and anorexically thin…wtf is she smoking!!!
I hate that fat, ugly bitch… she should spend less time wandering around Hollywood with a bucket of chicken under her arm and more time vomiting or at the gym.
I just love it when Disney actresses make comments to the media that young girls can take to heart… and I am so sure that she is losing out roles to 40 pound girls as at a walloping 80 pounds she is just too bovine to get any work.
Beth Ditto could knock Keira over with a burp.
I also have to wonder how long its going to be before Keira comes out with her own sob story about anorexia. Seriously though, she ought to visit Darfur or places in south Asia or anywhere else in the world where people suffer from starvation just to understand the magnitude of that statement. Either that or she should just avoid flipping Acid before awards shows so that she doesn't make such absurd and ultimately irresponsible comments.
If I ever see this bitch in person myself, I swear to god I am going to beat her silly with a turkey leg…
You're all sheeps that follow other comments. Take the time to actually read it for yourself. She KNOWS she's too damn skinny - that's EXACTLY wtf she is saying. I swear, you all are dumbasses!!
I REMEBER HOW BEAUTIFUL SHE LOOKED IN THE FIRST POTC MOVIE HERE BREAST WERE HUGE.THEN SHE GOT ALL ANEREXIC.SHE'S FUCKING HIGH IF SHE BELEIVES THIS
What is two times your size when you're a size nothing?
Ok, so a double 0 isn't twice the size of a 0.
Can you say "Body Dysmorphic Disorder"?
People who restrict their food intake do not have enough nutrients in their body to be able to rationalize and form balanced opinions. This woman needs a shrink ASAP to help her work through her distorted self image. Her body fat percentage is far too low, which is not healthy or beautiful.
OH MY GOD—SHE IS FREAKY LOOKING. DON'T FIND HER THE LEAST BIT PRETTY AT ALL. LET'S SEE SOMEONE WITH SOME MEAT ON THEIR BONES–NOT SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE A SACK OF BONES.
Re: johnson – Thank goodness someone else saw the obvious photoshopping. Darkened cheekbone hollows, slimmed cheeks, neck stretched, back shaved, etc. Can't believe Perez is tainting his **credibility** by using this pic.
Wow! I wonder if she actually believes the lie. I don't know anybody skinnier than her…
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
She is like 5'9" and 85lbs what is she talking about? I live in Miami and I know girls from California and EVERYONE is a size zero over there compared to here. If you are a 4 you are a fat pig. I understand her point but she is a skeleton. Someone give her a cheeseburger.
She is a human fucking bobblehead. Her HEAD is 3 times too big for her body. And she doesn't think she's anorexic?
Talk about vile. She looks downright ethiopian.
Poor Keira. =[ She's georgous, someone help her please.
she always looks like she's sniffing something or making her nose into a weird shape
She IS in denial - she is skinnier than most actresses. I always believed her when she said she didn't have a problem, but now it is obvious that her image of herself is distorted. Just another celebrity with food and image issues. Sad.