Rooney Mara quotes

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)
I can understand wanting to be invisible and mistrusting people and wanting to understand everything before you engage with the world. View quote
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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. View quote
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Just because the character listens to an iPod and wears black nail polish, she's goth. That was just a misused word. View quote
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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. View quote
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As a 12-year-old, I think everything seems scary. View quote
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I always wanted to be an actor, but I was always fighting it. It never seemed that honorable to me, and I guess I was always afraid that I might fail. View quote
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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. View quote
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My sister started acting professionally when she was twelve, but I wanted to go to college first. View quote
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I grew up in a little cul-de-sac in the suburbs and went to public school. I went to Costco on the weekends. View quote
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There were certainly things I was scared to do, but I never thought I wasn't up for the challenge. (Rooney Mara)
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 been like that since I was 3 years old. View quote
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I've been trying to really live in the moment because I will never get this part of it back. As soon as the movie comes out, everyone will turn it into what they believe it is, so I've really been trying to appreciate every minute of now. Because I know what's coming. View quote
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