Carey Mulligan Quotes

I Want To Be In 'glee,' But I'm Told I'm Not Famous Enough To Be A Cameo Yet.

The Thinnest I've Ever Been Was After I Had My Appendix Out, During The London Run Of The Seagull. I Went Down To 112 Pounds And Realized My Brain Doesn't Work When I'm That Thin, So I Can't Do My Job. That's Why, When I Came Out Here, I Never Had That Whole Hollywood Pressure Thing. I Never Said I Wanted To Be A Lead Actress; I Never Said I Wanted To Be A Film Actress. This Need To Trump Everyone Bewilders Me. I'm Only 25. I'm Not Better Than Anyone. I Just Want To Watch Other People And Learn To Be Good.

I've Always Played Characters That Were Younger Than Myself.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Leonardo Is The Most Incredible Actor, On The Planet, With A Couple Of People Alongside Him. Getting To Act With Him Is Just [amazing]. I Walked Away From My Audition For That And I Couldn't Believe That I'd Been Acting With Him. I've Worked With Amazing People, But My Friends Freak Out That I'm Working With Him. I Freak Out In A Geeky Acting Way. They Freak Out In A Starstruck Way. He's Leonardo Dicaprio, And His Fame Is So Big. That's A Complete Tangent About That.

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.

My Agent In London Told Me, After Never Let Me Go, Because I Loved Doing That So Much, "if You're On A Lucky Streak And You're Doing Well, You Should Only Take A Part, If You Can't Bear The Idea Of Anyone Else Doing It." That's Been The Case Since Then, With Drive And Shame And The Play (the Seagull), And The Stuff That's Going On, Like Gatsby. I Would Have Been Devastated, If I Hadn't Gotten Those Jobs.

When You Start Playing A Character Every Day For Seven Weeks, It Suddenly Starts Becoming Easier.

I Did Wall Street, And Then Everything That Happened With An Education Took Me Up Until March. I Didn't Want To Work During That Because There Was Just So Much Stuff. I Didn't Realize You Had To Go To So Many Parties. It Was A Nightmare! I Had To Go To All These Parties! The Glamour!