Carey Mulligan quotes

Carey Mulligan is an English actress renowned for her powerful performances on stage and screen. Her work spans acclaimed films such as "An Education," "Drive," and "Promising Young Woman." She has received numerous awards and nominations, establishing herself as one of the leading talents of her generation. Here are 21 of her 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 have always hated nightclubs, and don't like loud music.

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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.

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

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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.

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I don't think you should ever damage other people for your art.

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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.

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

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I probably dreamt about running off to America or something when I was 16 because it just seemed like I was studying algebra and going, 'What am I going to use this for?

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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.

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Posing on the red carpet feels like you're selling something that has nothing to do with you. If you do it with someone else, it's like we're saying, 'Oh! We come as a pair! Would you like to buy both of us? We're available for weddings and Bar Mitzvahs!' (Carey Mulligan)

I am committed to helping Alzheimer's Society in any way I can. My family and I rely on the help of organisations like Alzheimer's Society to help us understand the disease and guide us in the care of my grandmother. It's been a privilege to meet so many people with dementia.

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

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I remember in 'Pride and Prejudice' I had to do a scene where I broke down. And before we filmed I spent like three hours imagining my mum's funeral. Actually, she's very much alive, happy and healthy. It was really horrible.

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In London, people can be so... well, it's not even a case of people being unkind or unfriendly. You just don't make any contact in London. You go from A to B with your eyes on the pavement.

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My character in 'Shame' is an outrageous person. Loud and uncompromising and I begged Steve McQueen to give me the job.

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You can spend an entire day walking around in New York, whereas in L.A., it always ends at some point because you have to find a way to get home.

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

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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.

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

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I've always played characters that were younger than myself. (Carey Mulligan)

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Occupation: English Actress
Born: May 28, 1985
Quotes count: 21

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