Latest Carey Mulligan Quotes from Interviews

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• People always say, "You played such a strong character." I remember someone said that to me when I played a role in Shame, and she was a suicidal mess. I said, "She's not strong at all; she's incredibly weak." But "strong" to people means "real." It means you believe that's a person who exists, as opposed to some two-dimensional depiction of women.

  Carey Mulligan

  Strong, Real, Believe

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

• The toughest part of acting is never a single thing. It's more like a whole character. I find film really difficult - trying to make it feel like a consistent character when you're filming everything out of order.

  Carey Mulligan

  Character, Order, Trying

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

• There's always the things that you think are going to be tough. I've been nude once, and I was like, "Oh, that's going to be a nightmare," and actually that was fine.

  Carey Mulligan

  Thinking, Tough, Nightmare

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

• It's always harder to maintain raw enthusiasm or joy than to go into a really dark place.

  Carey Mulligan

  Dark, Joy, Enthusiasm

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• It's tricky playing people that you don't like and finding a way to empathise with them. It's challenging and very exciting for an actor.

  Carey Mulligan

  People, Challenges, Actors

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• I can change my appearance quite easily just by changing my hair. So I can adapt quite well.

  Carey Mulligan

  Hair, Appearance, Wells

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I don't think I want to play title roles. I don't want to be the face on the poster. I don't want that pressure of having the success riding on my shoulders. I just want to play the most interesting parts. I actually think it's incredibly rare to get an interesting female character that is the lead in a film. Usually the character parts are so much more interesting to play.

  Carey Mulligan

  Character, Thinking, Play

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I've never done coke or anything, and I've never played a character who has, so I don't know whether I would actually try coke if I had to play a character who took coke.

  Carey Mulligan

  Character, Play, Trying

  Interview with Susan Sarandon, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 19, 2010.

• One of the things I love about the theater is that no one can tell you to stop. Once you're onstage, it's three hours, and whether you're completely off or you're just horrendous, you've got to find a way to leave an impression. There's not that terrible thing that you get when you're making a movie, where you get in your car at the end of the day knowing that something you're not proud of was immortalized on film, and you can't fix it because they won't reshoot it.

  Carey Mulligan

  Knowing, Car, The End Of The Day

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I've always said I prefer theater, but there's only ever been one play that I really loved doing, and that was The Seagull.

  Carey Mulligan

  Play, Theater, Said

  Interview with Susan Sarandon, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 19, 2010.

• People in New York just seem a lot more open than I thought they would be.

  Carey Mulligan

  New York, People, Would Be

  Interview with Susan Sarandon, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 19, 2010.

• I kind of had an idea that New York would be like Fashion Week, where everyone always looks incredibly chic and cool, and I wouldn't fit in.

  Carey Mulligan

  Fashion, New York, Ideas

  Interview with Susan Sarandon, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 19, 2010.

• If you're walking down the street in L.A., people do sort of look at you like you're a hooker because it's so rare to see someone just walking.

  Carey Mulligan

  People, Looks, Like You

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Am I reserved? I think I agree with that. I don't think I'm particularly original. I am quite homey, though. But then I'm also quite transient. I quite like being nomadic.

  Carey Mulligan

  Thinking, Agree, Originals

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I'm not great at having my picture taken and I don't enjoy that side of it very much but I enjoy being with my friends and it's nice to have a reunion.

  Carey Mulligan

  Nice, Taken, Sides

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• When you do bigger jobs there's more attention and when you film in New York you get loads of paparazzi everywhere. It affects your work because you're trying to think about the person you're acting with and you've got 20 other lenses taking pictures of you at the same time, and it throws you.

  Carey Mulligan

  Jobs, New York, Thinking

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• I've never been obsessed with celebrity or star-struck or anything. I met Penelope Cruz when we were in Toronto, who I think is a goddess and an unbelievable actress, and she introduced herself. As she walked away from the table I had to take a deep breath, which was strange because I've never had that with anyone.

  Carey Mulligan

  Stars, Thinking, Actresses

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• I never had posters on my wall and when I meet actors that I really admire, it's exciting because I get to work with them.

  Carey Mulligan

  Wall, Actors, Posters

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• When you idolise someone, or you hold someone in such high regard, you just want them to be everything that you think there are - and when they are it's just lovely.

  Carey Mulligan

  Thinking, Lovely, Want

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• I was quite straight-laced. I was quite academic until I was about 14 and then I went to boarding school where I had the opportunity to continue to be very academic, but got less interested in it and became more involved in acting. And then when I was applying for universities I used a couple of places on my UCAS form to apply for drama school without telling anyone... but didn't get into drama school. But that was the most rebellious thing I did.

  Carey Mulligan

  Couple, Drama, School

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• It was my dream for years... to train. Dominic [Cooper] went and he's doing alright. But some people don't go and do brilliantly. Although I think there are things I missed from not having trained. I think I'd be more confident on stage had I gone because I think it means you're equipped with better vocal training and things like that.

  Carey Mulligan

  Dream, Mean, Thinking

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• When you start playing a character every day for seven weeks, it suddenly starts becoming easier.

  Carey Mulligan

  Character, Becoming, Week

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• It's actually easier to play a leading role than it is to play a supporting role.

  Carey Mulligan

  Play, Roles, Easier

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• I've always been quite careful about what I wanted to do. I've just never wanted to revisit old ground or do something that's easy. I want to do something that I would look at and go, "I don't know what to do!" The most exciting thing is when you're a bit scared, so I'm looking to find something that's really terrifying.

  Carey Mulligan

  Looks, Want, Scared

  Source: collider.com

• Remakes are a difficult thing 'cause some people feel very protective of the original.

  Carey Mulligan

  People, Causes, Remakes

  Source: collider.com