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 the moment. Rooney Mara Read Quote
I’ve always been a very sensitive person, and people tell me that if I’m in a certain mood, and I go into a room, my mood will permeate the room. It’s not on purpose – I’d rather be invisible in those moments – but I’m really bad at faking how I feel. Rooney Mara Read Quote
As an actor, you can’t just be in the film. You’re also in charge of selling it, and so you have to sell yourself, and you have to be very political and make sure to not say the wrong things. It’s exhausting. Rooney Mara Read Quote
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 with people who don’t have the same kind of goal as I do.’ Rooney Mara Read Quote
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. Rooney Mara Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Rooney Mara Read Quote
I looked on YouTube for sleep deprivation and there were videos of people experimenting with staying awake for a while. You saw all the different stages. Rooney Mara Read Quote
It never seemed that honorable to me, and I guess I was always afraid that I might fail. Rooney Mara Read Quote
