Washington
(ANI):
Keira
Knightley
has
revealed
that
she
almost
gave
up
acting
three
years
ago
because
she
'wasn't
enjoying'
her
Hollywood
career.
The
actress
shot
to
fame
as
a
teenager
in
2002
soccer
movie
'Bend
It
Like
Beckham" and
she
has
enjoyed
a
string
of
successful
films
since.
The
'Pirates
of
the
Caribbean" star
admits
she
decided
to
turn
her
back
on
acting
altogether
at
the
age
of
22,
because
she
had
worked
nonstop
since
she
was
16
years
old.
But
after
a
hiatus,
Knightley
realised
her
passion
for
her
job.
"I
think
I
intended
not
to
work
again.
I
wasn't
enjoying
what
I
was
doing
and
I
felt
terribly
guilty
about
that,"
Contactmusic
quoted
her
as
telling
Vogue
magazine.
“I
remember
hating
the
idea
that
I
was
in
a
privileged
position
and
couldn't
see
the
point
of
any
of
it.
I
had
worked
solidly
since
I
was
16,
till
22,
and
I
had
not
been
on
holiday
in
all
of
that
time.
I
didn't
know
if
I
was
going
to
go
back
to
acting
at
all.
I
think
for
a
long
time
I
thought
I
wouldn't,"
she
said.