American - Actress | April 17, 1985 -
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.
Rooney Mara
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Just because the character listens to an iPod and wears black nail polish, she's goth. That was just a misused word.
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There were certainly things I was scared to do, but I never thought I wasn't up for the challenge.
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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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I can understand wanting to be invisible and mistrusting people and wanting to understand everything before you engage with the world.
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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.
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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 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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Now I literally roll out of bed and put on whatever is there. I have really enjoyed being a boy this last year.
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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.
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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.
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