Keira Knightley admits ‘an inherent rage’ inspires acting

Keira Knightley just revealed what emotion makes an actor.

The 39-year-old actress has observed in many other stars, including herself, that they lean onto their anger to inspire their on-screen performance, stating that there is “an inherent rage to actors.”

“I think there’s an inherent rage to actors. I see that quite a lot. Masked brilliantly but easy to access,” Knightley told The Guardian.

The Pride and Prejudice star continued, “Not that people behave badly, because generally they don’t. But there’s a well of anger that opens very quickly.”

“It comes from this being such a subjective industry where it is very public when things go wrong. And it’s an industry of people searching for a truth that by its very nature they can’t find because it’s fiction. Maybe that creates the coiled spring, which is where some performances come from,” she further added.

Admitting that she herself has anger pent up inside of her, Knightley revealed, “It’s what I use. You use what’s in you. You bring it out of yourself and then you just kind of… ta-da!”