Keira Knightley Looks and Acts Totally Insane

Keira Knightley's mouth hits again - and someone should tell Keira that if she keeps this us, someone will soon set up a "make Keira shut up" society that will probably prove immensely successful and have millions of fans worldwide. It's interesting to learn that what we have suspected for so long - namely, that the young and frightfully thin British actress is a bit of a loony character - is in fact closer to the truth than we suspected.

In her own words, Keira admits that she is always extremely anxious - even frightened about anything and everything that is new. And of course, like pretty much Keira says these days, it's half self-pitying, half complaining. "I fear everything" she says. "New characters, new parts, first days of filming and premieres always terrify the life out of me. Small things terrify me: If I go out, I never know what to say, I always feel self-conscious". Yes, well, and it would be silly to admit some of this anxiety might come from her ever-dissatisfied nature. No, that's simply impossible, isn't it?

Keira, it seems, has a bit of a split personality. On the one hand, she's anxious and nervous, and on the other hand she has moments in which she acts out like she's a natural-born extrovert, like that time when she was photographer kissing her boyfriend while on set and posing for the oh so frightening paparazzi with as much ease and grace as if she'd been doing it for a long, long time. Well, she did it again on the set of her new movie, "The Duchess", in which she is playing Georgiana, the fifth Duchess of Devonshire and great-great-great-great aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Only this time, it's not smooches with her boyfriend, but nervous laughter and apparently quite a lot of swearing. Yes, Keira can actually swear, people, so...maybe we should just wash her mouth with some soap to get rid of the bad words. But the upside to all this is, at least while she's busy thinking up swear words she won't be complaining about how tight the corsets are, how awful the weather is and how horrible it is to have been born and have a successful career. "I could be stuck in corsets for the next 20 years", Keira complained about two years ago - and for once, she was right, since she only seems to be shooting period dramas lately. But she forgot to mention the rest of us will also be stuck with her for the next 20 years - which, as I see it, is a bigger source of concern.