Keira Knightley: Broken by fame

Keira Knightley: Broken by fame

English film star Keira Knightley has revealed that she found it difficult to cope with the media attention she received while promoting The Edge of Love in 2008.

Her co-star Sienna Miller dealt with the pressure a lot better than she did, admitted Knightley.

Keira explained to Vogue: "Sienna was better at coping with it. I think it broke something in me. I was told very early on that if I didn't go out to openings and parties and 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 still not good at being recognised. I wear scruffy clothes and hats and keep my head well down. I'm sure people must think I'm a complete bitch, but I'm just very shy."

'The Pirates Of The Caribbean' actress also said that she believes she "infuriated" the media because she's never disgraced herself in public.

Thhe refined actress added: "I was so young when it started. I was involved in Pirates from the age of 17 until 21. At that time people couldn'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."