Keira Knightley says that she tries to get over her body issues and is “incredibly self-conscious”. The 26-year-old has fronted modelling campaigns for Chanel and featured in countless fashion magazines but is still quite insecure about her appearance. “It’s the superficial thing of seeing your flaws on the screen,” the BBC quoted her telling Vogue.
“That’s probably going to be all that you see and you focus on the bits you don’t particularly like. But I’ve had to get over my own body anxiety issues so it doesn’t get in the way of telling the story. I’ve never seen myself as being attractive in that glamorous way. I’m incredibly self-conscious about a lot of parts of it but, equally, I’m aware that it works in certain environments,” she added. Knightley said that in her line of work, one’s flaws are often pointed out. “If you are using your face, if you’re selling it then you become so aware of the flaws because people tell you. And they do so brusquely. So then you start seeing it. I’m not saying that I look in the mirror all the time and go, ‘Oh good. You look good today, or ‘You look rubbish today.’ I was on the beach the other day in France on holiday with some friends and we were all lying out. They were all totally fine taking everything off and I was sitting around in my jeans and a top. I kind of didn’t want to take anything off,” she said.
