Quotes by Carey Mulligan

I probably dreamt about running off to America or something when I was 16 because it just seemed like I was studying algebra and going, 'What am I going to use this for?'

'It Girl' is such a weird term. It implies I go to parties and drink champagne.

The thinnest I've ever been was after I had my appendix out, during the London run of The Seagull. I went down to 112 pounds and realized my brain doesn't work when I'm that thin, so I can't do my job. That's why, when I came out here, I never had that whole Hollywood pressure thing.

I want to be in 'Glee', but I'm told I'm not famous enough to be a cameo yet.

What doesn’t draw you into a Coen Bros. movie. It’s amazing. I can’t believe it! They’re the Coen Bros. It’s ridiculous.

I kind of had an idea that New York would be like Fashion Week, where everyone always looks incredibly chic and cool, and I wouldn’t fit in.

When you start playing a character every day for seven weeks, it suddenly starts becoming easier.

There was an article in the New York Times that said that young men can’t maintain healthy relationships because they’re so influenced by pornography and what they see on the screen. It’s something to be talked about.

The minute I get into a hotel room, I scatter my stuff everywhere. It’s like a bomb site within a minute. So I suppose that means I’m trying to nest.

I have always hated nightclubs, and don’t like loud music.