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.”

“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.”

“I try to eat food that hasn't been washed in ammonia and then packaged in the shape of breaded dinosaurs filled with cheese - even though those are very tasty. I like to eat food that can actually make it through the 20-plus feet of my small intestine.”

“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.”

“There were certainly things I was scared to do, but I never thought I wasn't up for the challenge.”

“One of the things that make our version that much more heartbreaking is that even though I am playing a 24-year-old I look much younger. I look like a child.”

“I feel like I've been guarded since I was about three years old. I don't know why. I come from such a huge family, so maybe it's that. Maybe it comes from going to Christmas and having 30 people all in your face at once. I've always been a bit like, 'Aaargh!'”

“I didn't even have pierced ears. They put four holes in each ear, and, weirdly, that hurt the most.”

“People think that I grew up going to Barneys for my back-to-school clothes. I went to the Gap. We lived in a nice house on a cul-de-sac, but it wasn't a mansion. We didn't have a butler or a maid.”

“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.”

“I'd like to flip houses.”

“I grew up in a little cul-de-sac in the suburbs and went to public school. I went to Costco on the weekends.”

“In order to have understanding, you need forgiveness, compassion, and empathy.”

“I don't find myself intriguing.”

“I guess I don't really measure myself by what others think. So even though I have gotten to work with some amazing directors, and you might perceive me to be that girl, that isn't how I see myself. So if one day nobody wants to work with me, it won't be this massive surprise.”

“My sister started acting professionally when she was twelve, but I wanted to go to college first.”

“I pick up energy really easily. Even if I go to the grocery store, and no one is paying attention to me, I can pick up other people's moods, and it's really intense.”

“I like being alone. I need a lot of alone time as a human. And especially on a movie set when you're around people all day long.”

“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.”

“Marion Cotillard is one of my favorite actresses.”