I wanted to be a musical theatre actress - I wanted to play Sally Bowles, forever and ever always. Carey Mulligan More Quotes by Carey Mulligan More Quotes From Carey Mulligan 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 unique character people 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 scared want looks 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 I don't really think about roles - "dream roles." It's always about who's gonna be the person on the screen or who's gonna be the person on the stage and who's gonna direct it and put it all together. Carey Mulligan together dream thinking 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 mirrors house beach 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 trying character order 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 actors challenges people I'm not going to work for the sake of working. I'll work, if I'm extraordinarily lucky enough to continue having the same opportunities, but it will be based on whatever is there. If there's nothing around, then I'll go home and make carrot cake for awhile. Carey Mulligan cake home opportunity 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 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 agree originals thinking I don't think you should ever damage other people for your art. Carey Mulligan people art thinking 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 car the-end-of-the-day knowing 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 lovely want thinking I can change my appearance quite easily just by changing my hair. So I can adapt quite well. Carey Mulligan wells appearance hair From Wall Street to Drive was almost a year, when I didn't do anything 'cause there was just nothing that was significantly different from the things I'd done before. There was just nothing to explore. Carey Mulligan wall different years 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 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 I was trying to find ways of not being pigeon-holed like that. I didn't want to be tied down by my accent. I wanted to play Americans. I don't want to ever be doing the same thing twice, and I just didn't want to repeat myself. Carey Mulligan want play trying I didn't want to do a costume drama. It's a great thing to do, but I've done them, and I didn't want to do the same thing again. Of course, costume dramas can be from all different eras, but at the time, I just felt very sure that I didn't want to be boxed in as an English actress. I wanted to be an actress, rather than an English actress. Carey Mulligan different done drama It's always harder to maintain raw enthusiasm or joy than to go into a really dark place. Carey Mulligan enthusiasm dark joy
