Carey Mulligan Quotes

"Those with dementia are still people and they still have stories and they still have character and they're all individuals and they're all unique. And they just need to be interacted with on a human level." ~ Carey Mulligan

 "I don't think you should ever damage other people for your art." ~ Carey Mulligan

 "I don't wear a bikini on the beach. I walk around my house in pyjamas. I haven't seen myself naked in the mirror for probably a decade. I'm very prudish." ~ Carey Mulligan

 "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

 "I'm more the sort of person who doesn't like hugging strangers because we don't know each other, so we shouldn't." ~ Carey Mulligan

 "It's always harder to maintain raw enthusiasm or joy than to go into a really dark place." ~ Carey Mulligan

 "I can change my appearance quite easily just by changing my hair. So I can adapt quite well." ~ Carey Mulligan

 "It doesn't matter what you feel - ultimately, it's what the audience feels. You can finish a scene and think to yourself, 'Oh, God. I was so deep in that moment,' and find it just didn't play. I don't know if I have very good radar about that or not." ~ Carey Mulligan

 "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

 "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

 "I have always hated nightclubs, and don't like loud music." ~ Carey Mulligan

 "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

 "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

 "Remakes are a difficult thing 'cause some people feel very protective of the original." ~ Carey Mulligan

 "People in New York just seem a lot more open than I thought they would be." ~ Carey Mulligan

 "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

 "I wanted to be a musical theatre actress - I wanted to play Sally Bowles, forever and ever always." ~ Carey Mulligan

 "I can actually cook one meal now, as opposed to before, when I could cook nothing. My family are very excited." ~ Carey Mulligan

 "I'd like to do a play, but I can't find the right thing. I don't want it to be a starring role. I just want to play a really interesting character." ~ Carey Mulligan

 "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

 "I grew up with an older brother, so I'm pretty good at being bashed around." ~ Carey Mulligan

 "It's actually easier to play a leading role than it is to play a supporting role." ~ Carey Mulligan

 "The minute I get into a hotel room, I scatter my stuff everywhere. It's like a bomb site within a minute. So I suppose that means I'm trying to nest." ~ Carey Mulligan

 "I love New York - maybe more than Los Angeles or London. I think I'm happiest in New York." ~ Carey Mulligan

 "I didn't work for a year after Wall Street. I finished that in November, and then it was the following October that I did Drive, so I took a year off. I didn't do anything at all, really. I just hung around." ~ Carey Mulligan

 "What doesn't draw you into a Coen Bros. movie. It's amazing. I can't believe it! They're the Coen Bros. It's ridiculous." ~ Carey Mulligan

 "I don't know why people are so down on the Best Western. They have the best sweet potato fries I've ever had." ~ Carey Mulligan

 "I never get recognised here in London, which I like. Once a year, someone comes up to me and asks if I am 'so-and-so's niece' because they think they recognise me from somewhere. I like that." ~ Carey Mulligan

 "People get married when they're 18 and spend their whole lives together. I think their greatest fear is that someone will see it as a fling because they were young and it didn't mean anything." ~ Carey Mulligan

 "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

 "I wanted to be in a Baz Luhrmann film. It's just extraordinary. He's so amazing at what he does. He makes the most incredible films." ~ Carey Mulligan

 "When you start playing a character every day for seven weeks, it suddenly starts becoming easier." ~ Carey Mulligan

 "I want to be in 'Glee,' but I'm told I'm not famous enough to be a cameo yet." ~ Carey Mulligan

 "I've always played characters that were younger than myself." ~ Carey Mulligan

 "It Girl' is such a weird term. It implies I go to parties and drink champagne." ~ Carey Mulligan