Keira Knightley still finds learning lines “really hard” because of her dyslexia.

The Boston Strangler actress was diagnosed with the condition, which affects the skills involved in reading and spelling, when she was six. Keira has revealed she continues to struggle when it comes to reading out loud and rehearsing lines.

“I still find sight-reading really hard,” the 39-year-old star said during an appearance on Ruthie’s Table 4 iHeart Podcast. “It really bounces (the text) but basically I record it and listen to it, and listen to it, and that’s how I learn it.”

Keira also shared that one of her daughters has been diagnosed with the same condition.

The star, who raises eight-year-old Edie and four-year-old Delilah with husband James Righton, insisted dyslexia hasn’t held her daughter back.

“But now we have a dyslexic kid and she’s doing the same thing, and her memory is absolutely amazing,” she smiled.

During the interview, Keira also explained that her desire to pursue an acting career was used as a “carrot” by her parents to ensure she kept working hard at school.

“Eventually my school said, ‘Well look, she can’t read at all and we need a carrot to dangle in front of her,'” Keira recalled. “(So my parents said) ‘If you read and your grades go up, you’re allowed to keep on acting. If they go down, it stops.'”

“It was a carrot and it worked,” she smiled.

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