91 Quotes by Rooney Mara

There's a certain way people are used to seeing nude women, and that's in a submissive, coy pose, not looking at the camera. And in this poster, I'm looking dead into the camera with no expression on my face. I think it freaks a lot of people out.

I've been trying to really live in the moment because I will never get this part of it back. As soon as the movie comes out, everyone will turn it into what they believe it is, so I've really been trying to appreciate every minute of now. Because I know what's coming

Just because the character listens to an iPod and wears black nail polish, she's goth. That was just a misused word

There were certainly things I was scared to do, but I never thought I wasn't up for the challenge

I looked on YouTube for sleep deprivation and there were videos of people experimenting with staying awake for a while. You saw all the different stages

I am very slow to warm. I've always been sort of a loner. I didn't play team sports. I am better one-on-one than in big groups

I can understand wanting to be invisible and mistrusting people and wanting to understand everything before you engage with the world

My sister started acting professionally when she was twelve, but I wanted to go to college first

If there is one thing about my family that I do identify with, it is that everyone is extremely hardworking. Also, the people whom I grew up with all did things they really loved. And I think that's an important lesson