I didn't want to do a costume drama. It's a great thing to do, but I've done them, and I didn't want to do the same thing again. Of course, costume dramas can be from all different eras, but at… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
I kind of had an idea that New York would be like Fashion Week, where everyone always looks incredibly chic and cool, and I… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
With theatre especially, you don't want to do it unless you love it - there's no way you can pull it off, making people… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
It's funny that you can murder someone horribly and graphically and disturbingly in a horror film, and it's not an NC-17, but if you… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
When you do bigger jobs there's more attention and when you film in New York you get loads of paparazzi everywhere. It affects your… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
People always say, "You played such a strong character." I remember someone said that to me when I played a role in Shame, and… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
I didn't work for a year after Wall Street. I finished that in November, and then it was the following October that I did… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
My character in 'Shame' is an outrageous person. Loud and uncompromising and I begged Steve McQueen to give me the job. — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
I wanted to be in a Baz Luhrmann film. It's just extraordinary. He's so amazing at what he does. He makes the most incredible… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
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 never said I… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share
I'm not going to work for the sake of working. I'll work, if I'm extraordinarily lucky enough to continue having the same opportunities, but… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
People in New York just seem a lot more open than I thought they would be. — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
