Keira Knightley has hit out at young starlets for letting their celebrity – and intimate parts - overshadow their professional careers.

In a thinly veiled swipe at the likes of Paris, Britney, Lindsay and co, the Atonement actress reckons we won't catch her drunkenly flashing her bits any time soon.

She tells Empire magazine: “With acting, the mystique is what’s amazing. I love that it’s magic, that’s the whole point. The whole celebrity thing is not magic. They’re real people proving they’re sluttier than everybody else because they don’t even wear knickers.

“I’m not going to get blind drunk and then stumble out and fall over and puke up in front of people. I’m not saying I don’t do that on my own in private, but I try not to.”

Read the full interview in EMPIRE’s October issue out now.