Carey Mulligan on Being Bold in the Face of Rejection

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

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Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Carey Mulligan was rejected from several drama schools when she was a teenager. But instead of giving up, she sent a letter to a famous actor she’d met once. That letter led to a networking dinner, then to an audition for “Pride and Prejudice", and ultimately, her first role. Today, Carey shares how being bold in the face of rejection landed her in films on the big screen. In this episode, Carey shares: Why she reached out to Julian Fellowes for advice on pursuing acting How she navigated the industry without formal training or experience The hardest play she’s ever done – and why her director almost canceled it Why doing a press tour 3.5 weeks after having her kid helped her postpartum depression Her favorite episode of her new Amazon-exclusive podcast, “I Hear Fear”

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0:00.0	At the end of the day, I seem to come home, and I'm not one of those people that sort
0:07.4	of carries their characters, you know, I come home, put the children to bed, and like
0:12.6	watch love is blind.
0:17.1	I'm Carly Zaken, and I'm Danielle Weisberg.
0:20.1	Welcome to 9-5-ish with the skin.
0:22.3	We've run into so many questions over the years and had so many moments where we needed advice,
0:29.4	and we got it from women who'd been there.
0:32.6	And that's what we're bringing you with this show.
0:34.7	Each week we're helping you get what you want out of your career by talking to the smartest
0:39.0	leaders we know.
0:40.5	Because we know your work life is a lot more than 9-5.
0:44.2	Alright, let's get into it.
0:49.0	Hi everyone.
0:50.0	Today our guest is Oscar-nominated actress Carrie Mulligan.
0:53.8	Carrie got her start on screen in the film Pride and Prejudice, and has starred in other
0:58.1	major period piece films like An Education and The Great Gatsby.
1:03.2	More recently, Carrie starred in the film She Said, where she plays one of the New York
1:07.4	Times reporter who helps break the paper story on Harvey Weinstein.
1:12.2	And now, Carrie's taking her talents beyond the film industry as she hosts the Horror
1:17.2	Fiction Podcast I Hear Fear, which you can listen to exclusively on Amazon Music.
1:24.0	Carrie, welcome to 9-5-ish.
1:26.1	Hello.
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