dpLove Actually has become one of the most quotable and memeable films of all time, but for star Keira Knightley, it’s a distant and vague memory.
In a new interview, Knightley opened up about fans approaching her and quoting the film, but it doesn’t mean much to her.
“I have not watched Love Actually since the premiere, which was when I was 18,” Knightley said in an interview with Heart. “So, I think I’m the person that knows it the least of anybody.”
She continued, “I know that people have a particular look on their face and then they say things to me and I know that means they’re quoting Love Actually, but I don’t really know what it is. It means nothing to me.”
Love Actually is a Christmas romantic comedy directed by Richard Curtis and released in 2003, featuring separate love stories. Knightley played Juliet, a married woman who learns her husband’s best friend, Mark (Andrew Lincoln), has feelings for her. Mark professes his love for her with giant cards, while her husband is in the next room. Juliet gives Mark a quick kiss and returns to her husband at home.
The scene is one of the most remembered, but for Knightley, it was only a week of filming when she was 17 and didn’t leave a lasting impact. In fact, in a 2024 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Knightley said one of the only lasting impressions she had of the scene was that it was “creepy” and “slightly stalkerish.”
Watch Knightley’s interview in the video below.
