I think people like to exaggerate about the number of takes you do. — Rooney Mara Numbers 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 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
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
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
Daniel Day-Lewis - he's a man, obviously, but I really admire his work. — Rooney Mara Admire 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
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
One of the things that make our version that much more heartbreaking is that even though I am playing a 24-year-old I… — Rooney Mara Am 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
If the entire script feels formulaic, then you know that the film will be like that. But if it's a really interesting… — Rooney Mara Character Copy Share Image
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… — Rooney Mara Bigs 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
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 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
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 feel like I've been guarded since I was about three years old. I don't know why. I come from such a… — Rooney Mara Christmas 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
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
If there is one thing about my family that I do identify with, it is that everyone is extremely hardworking. Also, the… — Rooney Mara Family Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be an actor, but I was always fighting it. It never seemed that honorable to me, and I… — Rooney Mara Actor 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
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
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
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
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'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
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 I was at college, my nickname was Keds, because I wore Keds. I guess it wasn't really a nickname, because nicknames… — Rooney Mara College 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
