People always say, "You played such a strong character." I remember someone said that to me when I played a role in Shame, and she was a suicidal mess. I said, "She's not strong at all; she's incredibly weak." But… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
I remember in 'Pride and Prejudice' I had to do a scene where I broke down. And before we filmed I spent like three hours imagining my mum's funeral. Actually, she's very much alive, happy and healthy. It was really… — 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… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
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
