I don't know what I'm searching for. I haven't found it. I don't have a job, and I don't have anything lined up. I don't know what I'm looking for.

- Rooney Mara

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

- Rooney Mara

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.

- Rooney Mara

Just because the character listens to an iPod and wears black nail polish, she's goth. That was just a misused word

- Rooney Mara

If the character should be nude in the scene and it makes sense and I trust the person making the film then I don't see a problem with it. I certainl…

- Rooney Mara

I need a lot of alone time as a human. And especially on a movie set when you're around people all day long. So it's actually kind of nice to go home…

- 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 year…

- Rooney Mara

I was a pretty dark person to begin with. I have always been more drawn to darkness

- Rooney Mara

I wouldnt call acting a job - its a pleasure. I love getting to play different characters, getting to play dress up, and getting paid for it.

- Rooney Mara