I grew up in a little cul-de-sac in the suburbs and went to public school. I went to Costco on the weekends — Rooney Mara Costco Copy Share Image
How do we get to equality? I don't think it comes from fear. I think it comes from understanding. — Rooney Mara Equality Copy Share Image
There were certainly things I was scared to do, but I never thought I wasn't up for the challenge — Rooney Mara Challenge Copy Share Image
My sister started acting professionally when she was twelve, but I wanted to go to college first — Rooney Mara Acting Copy Share Image
I like being alone. I need a lot of alone time as a human. And especially on a movie set when you're… — Rooney Mara Alone Copy Share Image
When you're an actor on set, people treat you like a giant baby. They don't let you do anything. Like, "Do you… — Rooney Mara Actor Copy Share Image
There's a certain way people are used to seeing nude women, and that's in a submissive, coy pose, not looking at the… — Rooney Mara Cameras Copy Share Image
I've made some really good friends from movies, but a lot of the time it's a very isolated experience that lives and… — Rooney Mara Dies Copy Share Image
It's really helpful when you do something you don't like. You won't make that mistake again. It's like dating a bunch of… — Rooney Mara Dating Copy Share Image
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… — Rooney Mara Comedy Copy Share Image
I wouldnt call acting a job - its a pleasure. I love getting to play different characters, getting to play dress up,… — Rooney Mara Acting Copy Share Image
What bothers me about the whole trust-fund thing is that it sort of presumes that everything is handed to you. And if… — Rooney Mara About Copy Share Image
I guess I don't really measure myself by what others think. So even though I have gotten to work with some amazing… — Rooney Mara Amazing Copy Share Image
On stage, there are hundreds of people watching you. It's so much energy directed at you. I pick up energy really easily.… — Rooney Mara Attention Copy Share Image
I try to eat food that hasn't been washed in ammonia and then packaged in the shape of breaded dinosaurs filled with… — Rooney Mara Cheese Copy Share Image
It's really hard coming of age in today's society, where society wants you to make the decision of what you want to… — Rooney Mara Age Copy Share Image
I can understand wanting to be invisible and mistrusting people and wanting to understand everything before you engage with the world — Rooney Mara I can Copy Share Image
I looked on YouTube for sleep deprivation and there were videos of people experimenting with staying awake for a while. You saw… — Rooney Mara Awake Copy Share Image
There's only so many movies you can do. I start to get really self-loathing and sick of myself. And I think in… — Rooney Mara Bits Copy Share Image
People think that I grew up going to Barneys for my back-to-school clothes. I went to the Gap. We lived in a… — Rooney Mara Clothes Copy Share Image
Beaches and romantic comedies are not my thing. I'm a workaholic. — Rooney Mara Beach Copy Share Image
Daniel Day-Lewis - he's a man, obviously, but I really admire his work. — Rooney Mara Admire Copy Share Image
In order to have understanding, you need forgiveness, compassion, and empathy. — Rooney Mara Compassion Copy Share Image
It never seemed that honorable to me, and I guess I was always afraid that I might fail. — Rooney Mara Afraid Copy Share Image
I think people like to exaggerate about the number of takes you do. — Rooney Mara Numbers Copy Share Image
I was a pretty dark person to begin with. I have always been more drawn to darkness — Rooney Mara Dark Copy Share Image
Now I literally roll out of bed and put on whatever is there. I have really enjoyed being a boy this last… — Rooney Mara Bed Copy Share Image
I love to read. I'm still pen pals with my ninth-grade English teacher, Mr. Shanley. He tells me what books to read. — Rooney Mara Book Copy Share Image
Because I'm highly empathetic, it's easy for me to put myself in the character's shoes. It's, you know, finding the truth of… — Rooney Mara Character Copy Share Image
I didn't even have pierced ears. They put four holes in each ear, and, weirdly, that hurt the most. — Rooney Mara Each Copy Share Image
I've done jobs where I thought, 'I don't want to be that kind of actor; I don't want to work on something… — Rooney Mara Actor Copy Share Image
Just because the character listens to an iPod and wears black nail polish, she's goth. That was just a misused word — Rooney Mara Black Copy Share Image
