91 Quotes by Rooney Mara

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    I didn't even have pierced ears. They put four holes in each ear, and, weirdly, that hurt the most.

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    It never seemed that honorable to me, and I guess I was always afraid that I might fail.

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    I'm not at all funny. I can do dark comedy pretty well, but straight-up comedy, I don't know. I'm much darker. I've been like that since I was 3 years old

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    One of the things that make our version that much more heartbreaking is that even though I am playing a 24-year-old I look much younger. I look like a child.

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    What bothers me about the whole trust-fund thing is that it sort of presumes that everything is handed to you. And if there is one thing about my family that I do identify with, it is that everyone is extremely hardworking.

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    The more people know about you, the less they can project who you are supposed to be. It's unfortunate that you really only get one shot at that.

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    I am one of 40 grandchildren. What bothers me about the whole trust-fund thing is that it sort of presumes that everything is handed to you. And if there is one thing about my family that I do identify with, it is that everyone is extremely hardworking.

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    I grew up in a little cul-de-sac in the suburbs and went to public school. I went to Costco on the weekends

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    I always wanted to be an actor, but I was always fighting it. It never seemed that honorable to me, and I guess I was always afraid that I might fail.

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