She has an impressive list of movie releases on the horizon, and in the meantime Rooney Mara adorned the cover of Interview's March 2013 issue.

Showing off her smoldering stare, the "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" star rocked a collection of designer garb from Maison Martin Margiel and Riccardo Tisci for the Mikael Jansson-shot front page while opening up to the mag about her childhood and acting method.

Check out GossipCenter's highlights from Miss Mara's interview below. For more, be sure to visit Interview!

On her college nickname:
"When I was at college, my nickname was Keds, because I wore Keds. I guess it wasn’t really a nickname, because nicknames are usually given to you by people who are your friends and who know you. But I didn’t know the people who called me Keds. I think that they didn’t like me because I didn’t want to join a sorority. I left that school."

On her acting method:
"Because I am such a pleasure to be around, [David] Fincher would prolong my scenes so that I would be on set all of the time. And maybe because I am stubborn, I thought that I could out-stubborn him. But you can’t out-stubborn a Finch. He was always right, though. Not everyone can make films with 'less than one take,' like you."

On her lack of preparation:
"When I do a film, I follow the director. And because you wing everything—like this interview—I decided that that’s the way I should work as well."

On her tats in "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo":
"I don't have any. That was acting."