Rooney Mara Quotes

My mother always taught me, even my dad, just never let other people's opinions of you shape your opinion of yourself. And I never have and I never will.

Why would I care what other people are thinking? I don't care what an audience thinks of me.

Just because I believed in what I was doing on the field and dedicated myself to playing the game, does that mean I'm cocky? Does that mean I'm arrogant?

The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours.

I'm tired of defending my character. I am what I am.

Consider what people think of you, but don't be afraid of what people think of you.

I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.

It really doesn't matter to me what people say about me anymore.

I live my life trying to never appear to be a small man.

I know what I can do so it doesn't bother me what other people think or their opinion on the situation.

The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.

I don't care about my image.

I don't think of myself as a powerful person.

I always told my representatives, 'Look, I come from the 'School of Janet' - that's my mom - she raised me to know that I'm more than just set dressing.

To me, a strong sense of self isn't believing in a lot.

What people don't normally know about us is the hustle is very real, and it's sorely driven a lot by how we consider ourselves. We don't pay a whole lot of attention to any type of judgment that we might get from outside people. I think that comes from growing up onstage.

When someone tells me that I'm not real, I say to them, 'Well, what about me isn't real?' I have not changed my figure. This is who I am.

If you don't like the look of my face, don't look at me! I'm the one who has to live with it.

I've always felt that I was a star. I always knew that I am a star.

I've just never really gotten caught up in what people think about me, because I can't control that.

At the end of the day, the way I go about it is don't let somebody else's opinion of you define who you are. Don't let other people's thoughts or whatever it is be true.

I've had some real hard setbacks in this sport and I learned to realize that you can't really build who you are on what people say. That's ultimately building your foundation in sand.

One of the biggest pieces of advice I'd give you is: Don't let someone else's opinion of you become your reality. If you're in high school, there are definitely things being said about you. Don't let them determine who you are.

I don't need to be liked.

I've learnt that you are who you are, and in the end, if you don't believe it, then no one will.