Rooney Mara
Rooney Mara
Patricia Rooney Mara /ˈmɛərə/ MAIR-ə is an American actress and philanthropist. She made her screen debut in the slasher film Urban Legends: Bloody Maryand went on to have a breakout role in the independent coming-of-age drama Tanner Hall, followed by roles in the 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street and the biographical drama film The Social Network...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth17 April 1985
CityBedford, NY
CountryUnited States of America
When you're an actor on set, people treat you like a giant baby. They don't let you do anything. Like, "Do you need any food? Do you need the bathroom?"
I was a pretty dark person to begin with. I have always been more drawn to darkness
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.
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 certainly don't want to be involved in anything that is gratuitous, but I don't think the human body is something to be ashamed of. Every other person on the planet has the same parts as I do.
I don't know how to play the guitar, so having to be on stage in front of people doing something you don't really know how to do, it's terrifying.
I looked on YouTube for sleep deprivation and there were videos of people experimenting with staying awake for a while. You saw all the different stages
I've made some really good friends from movies, but a lot of the time it's a very isolated experience that lives and dies during the production.
On stage, there are hundreds of people watching you. It's so much energy directed at you. I pick up energy really easily. Even if I go to the grocery store and no one is paying attention to me, I can pick up other people's moods and it's really intense.
There were certainly things I was scared to do, but I never thought I wasn't up for the challenge
The motorcycle was the thing I really didn't want to do... 'You're going to be raped, be naked...' but as soon as he was like, 'You're going to have to ride a motorcycle,' I was like, 'Oh, really?'
When I was at college, my nickname was Keds, because I wore Keds. I guess it wasn't really a nickname, because nicknames are usually given to you by people who are your friends and who know you.
Beaches and romantic comedies are not my thing. I'm a workaholic.
I think people like to exaggerate about the number of takes you do.
I am very slow to warm. I've always been sort of a loner. I didn't play team sports. I am better one-on-one than in big groups