Kate Mara quotes:

I hate being in Los Angeles when it's football season. I want to be in New York. It just doesn't feel right if I'm away.

Everybody has to be responsible for their own actions - and if they do something wrong, I believe in paying for it.

Let's be honest: I just want a Super Bowl ring.

Eventually you get bored and you want to work.

I like traditions, and the national anthem is important.

All the actors I respect, especially old-Hollywood actors, the reason I think so many of them have had long careers is that there is a sort of mystery about them. You don't know what they do on Friday nights when they go home from work. You have no clue. You have this sort of fantasy about them.

If I'm not on the red carpet or at a photo shoot, I never wear anything besides ChapStick. But I'll have a heart attack if I don't have my chapstick.

Even if I'm eating healthy, I let myself indulge with french fries. That's my favorite thing. You only live once!

Keeping your private life as private as possible is the smartest thing.

Pink is like the one color I say I hate, and yet somehow I end up wearing it. Like, Michael Kors sent me a pink dress, and I'm like: 'So beautiful!' And I'm wearing it telling him 'I hate pink, why am I wearing this? It's really nice though.'

Whenever I dream about flying, it's the best feeling in the world.

I have a ridiculous fear of sharks but I'd jump in the water in a second for an amazing role.

I was excited to get the opportunity to sing something in a movie 'cause I love musicals and I would love to be able to do more movie musicals, in the future.

Rooting for the offense is the safe way to go. You win either way.

When my agents tell me how much I'm going to be paid for a film, instead of quoting a figure, they'll say: 'You're going to make ten pairs of Christian Louboutins.'

If 10 years ago I was told I'd be where I am now, I would've been pretty happy.

I remember telling the agent, 'I don't want to do anything but Broadway.' She was like, 'That's not really possible because there is not that much Broadway. So I'll send you out on TV and stuff like that.'

I thought [Johnny Wujek] was really cute. And so, I was super shy about getting naked in front of him. I didn't want to show him my goods...because I thought he might be straight.

I want to do something crazy for a part - something I'd never even consider in real life.

In New York, you can just wake up and everything sorts itself out. I love that, not having a plan.

I hated school.

We don't ask for opinions on our outfit all the time - but for a big of event, like the Emmys, absolutely. I actually sent my sister a picture of the [J Mendel] dress I wore to the Emmys before I chose it, and she was obsessed. She was like, "Oh, I want that." And I said, "Let me wear it first!"

There's nothing worse than people who want to make you feel better when you are losing. I just want to smack them.

Even when I was a kid, I had this insane head of flaming hair. It looked like a wig.

I have so many friends who have no idea what they want to do. They are out of college and working, but not sure they are doing what they want to do, which is normal.

I wish no teams had cheerleaders. I find it more distracting than anything else.

I don't ever take anything for granted.

I feel like I'm exactly where I should be.

I'm not interested in politics, or being a part of them. I definitely do my homework and make sure that I know what's going on, and I'm responsible enough to be able to vote for people that I respect. But other than that, I've never been a part of the political world.

I've always wanted to do a period piece.