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Keira Knightley has had a successful career in Hollywood already, but when it comes down to it she admits in the March issue of Marie Claire, that, she takes it all with a grain of salt.

"My career is on the verge of being ridiculous all the time; it's all smoke and mirrors."

"I like the fantasy of fashion," Knightley said. "Creating a different person and dressing up like her."

Her latest film is Can a Song Save Your Life? with Mark Ruffalo.

"I'm not a good dancer," she tells the mag. "I don't see the world through movement."

And when it comes to fame and being in the spotlight?

"They're not going to get a shot of me falling out of my knickers as I'm coming out of a club."

Something she has done a pretty good job of so far!

Read more of her interview with Marie Claire after the jump.

[MarieClaire]

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Keira Knightley may be British and when it comes to her sexuality she has no concerns about taking her clothes off - as most Brits don't.

Knightley appears on the cover of Allure magazine for their December issue wearing only a Chanel jacket and Tom Ford tuxedo pants.

She tells the mag of her new role in the upcoming film, Anna Karenina in which she had a nude scene:

"I'm quite rigorous about what gets exposed, No bottom half! I don't mind exposing my t-ts because they're so small -- people really aren't that interested."

"I think it's much easier as you get older. You can say, 'No.' 'Yes.' 'No.'"

And when it comes to the magic of movies and the  producers attempt to enhance her breasts:

"They always pencil in my boobs. I was only angry when they were really droopy," she laughs. "For King Arthur, for a poster, they gave me these really strange droopy t-ts. I thought, 'Well, if you're going to make me fantasy breasts, at least make perky breasts.'"

In 2007 there were reports of her being anorexic in which she addresses the controversy:

"The anorexic stuff -- all of that -- it's always going to have an impact, so I think it did hit pretty hard. Because you go, 'Oh, maybe that's right!' I knew I wasn't anorexic, but maybe my  body is somehow not right. Or my face is not right. Or the way I speak is not right," she says. "When you're going through a period where you're really getting a lot of criticism, you go, 'Maybe all this is right! You just kind of want to hide it all.'"

She doesn't hide anything in Anna Karenina.

Read the whole interview and see more photos after the jump.

[Allure]

Keira Knightley has split from her boyfriend Rupert Friend after 5 years together.

As The Sun posted,

Keira's father Will Knightley said: "Yes, they have broken up.

"But that's the way things go, unfortunately. The only option is to get on with things."

The pressures of fame seemed to take its toll on the couple.

But a pal said: "Rupert hates the idea of being followed and photographed. Keira partially had to accept it because of her rising profile.

[The Sun]

Keira Knightley is smart, witty, and in high demand in Hollywood, and from the cover of the March 2010 issue of Elle magazine Knightley represents all those characteristics so elegantly.

On her character in The Misanthrope:

“Oh, they still say that! Every time I do an interview with the English press, one of their questions is, ‘How do you feel knowing that everyone thinks you’re a shit actress?’ ”

On surrounding herself by people who tell her the unvarnished truth:

On her upcoming film Last Night:

[Elle]