British actress Carey Mulligan said that networking and schmoozing at film festivals just isn’t her scene, after the world premiere of Mark Romanek’s film Never Let Me Go in Toronto.
The English period film, adapted from the celebrated novel by Kazuo Ishiguro about love and sacrifice at an English boarding school, stars Ms Mulligan whose previous roles include appearances in Pride & Prejudice, Public Enemies and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.
“I really am in bed at 9 p.m.,” said Ms Mulligan, 25, whose costars in Never Let Me Go, include Andrew Garfield (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus), Keira Knightley (Atonement) and veteran actress Charlotte Rampling.
“The parties are nice if you’re with your crowd. It’s nice to celebrate the film together,” she said.
“We went to a party after our screening (in Toronto) and sat around together. (But) I don’t really enjoy the networking thing.
“I think if I’m going to meet someone it should be for a job where I can audition and act. I don’t think my personality is going to impress anybody to give me a job.
“There’s a million really famous (people) here and I’m probably the least of them, and I’m not the most interesting person in the room,” Mulligan added.