Quotes by Carey Mulligan

About Carey Mulligan:

Carey Hannah Mulligan is an English actress. In 2004, she made her acting debut on stage in London in the play Forty Winks. Her feature film debut was as Kitty Bennet in the 2005 film adaptation of Pride & Prejudice. In 2008, she made her Broadway debut in a revival of Chekhov's The Seagull, and in 2011 she starred in an Off-Broadway stage adaptation of Through a Glass Darkly, both to critical acclaim. In 2014, she made her West End debut in a revival of David Hare's Skylight. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play for her performance in the 2015 Broadway production of Skylight.
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I don't think you should ever damage other people for your art.

Carey Mulligan

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

Carey Mulligan

Sometimes it's so weird just to do an interview. This morning I was back in my parents' house, with my brother, and we went for a jog together, then had breakfast as a family. And a couple of hours later I'm wearing high heels and a dress and makeup,...

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 ...

Carey Mulligan

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.

Carey Mulligan

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.

Carey Mulligan

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

Carey Mulligan

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.

Carey Mulligan

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

Carey Mulligan

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.

Carey Mulligan

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.

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

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

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

Carey Mulligan

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 Mitzv...

Carey Mulligan

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.

Carey Mulligan

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

Carey Mulligan

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

Carey Mulligan

I've always played characters that were younger than myself.

Carey Mulligan

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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Author Bio

  • NameCarey Mulligan
  • DescriptionEnglish actress
  • AliasesCarey Hannah Mulligan
  • BornMay 28, 1985
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor; Voice Actor