Keira Knightley On Hurting As Few People As Possible

EXCLUSIVE: Keira Knightley speaks to Marie Claire about what matters to her in life

Keira Knightley, what with her multiple award nominations and seemingly limitless bank balance is a showbiz success story, although she doesn’t appear to see things in the same way.

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The actress spoke to Marie Claire about how she defines achievement and her answer showed a soft, more gentle side to her polished A-list exterior.

‘I’m not sure I can define success,’ she tells us. ‘I think if I get to the end of my life having hurt as few people as possible, making sure the people who mean the most to me know they’ve been loved, I will be happy.’

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And despite all the fame and fortune thrust upon her, Keira Knightley still keeps perspective adding: ‘Success in work, whatever work, will come and go.’

Judging from her career so far we doubt her star will ever fade!

But if she does decide to have a break from Hollywood it appears she could soon give Nigella Lawson something to worry about.

Her longer-term friend Sienna Miller revealed to us what a good cook the Marie Claire cover star is saying: ‘Keira makes a mean spaghetti Bolognese.’

We’ll await our invite for dinner then.

Read the FULL interview with Keira Knightley in Marie Claire's May issue, out now.

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