Carey Mulligan

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

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, and talking about my job. ”

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. ”

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

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. ”

I have always hated nightclubs, and don't like loud music. ”

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

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

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

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. ”