91 Quotes by Rooney Mara

As a 12-year-old, I think everything seems scary.

Now I literally roll out of bed and put on whatever is there. I have really enjoyed being a boy this last year.

There's only so many movies you can do. I start to get really self-loathing and sick of myself. And I think in order to act, you need to live a little bit to fill yourself with experience.

I'm sure you get energy from your audience; it's a high.

When you're an actor on set, people treat you like a giant baby. They don't let you do anything. Like, "Do you need any food? Do you need the bathroom?"

I was a pretty dark person to begin with. I have always been more drawn to darkness

If the character should be nude in the scene and it makes sense and I trust the person making the film then I don't see a problem with it. I certainly don't want to be involved in anything that is gratuitous, but I don't think the human body is something to be ashamed of. Every other person on the planet has the same parts as I do.

I don't know how to play the guitar, so having to be on stage in front of people doing something you don't really know how to do, it's terrifying.

I've made some really good friends from movies, but a lot of the time it's a very isolated experience that lives and dies during the production.