Quotes from Saoirse Ronan

I wouldn't go down the route of having an assistant. I don't want to be like that. I want to be normal.

I've always wanted to act and I grew up a little on film sets when my dad was working as an actor.

I know most of the photographers in Ireland. And if I don't want my photograph taken, they will leave me alone.

I'm all right, not as good as my mom is. Maybe because I don't have kids.

I've grown up with my parents' music tastes, listening to Fleetwood Mac and the Rolling Stones.

For me, clothes are about individuality. When I wear things that are different and it works, it makes me feel good.

The 1916 uprising was kind of the most important rebellion in Ireland's fight for independence that had been going on for 700 years. So it's a very important moment in history for us.

I play basketball, I surf and swim and go to the cinema and listen to music and read. I like shopping.

Learning is the most important thing, no mater how you do it, or where you do it, or who you do it with.

I think if my child died I would prefer it if I were dead.

That's what acting is. You're pretending to be someone else.

I try as best as I can to have a normal life. People recognise you, of course, and that's very strange. But I sort of leave my working life behind when I go home. That's my other world.

When I was younger and in primary school, I'd do maybe a film a year, and I had to adapt to being away from everyone for a couple of months.

If you don't have eyebrows, you don't really have a face.

All teenagers want to rebel a little and break away. But I think you are always going to want to go back to your parents for that safety they provide.

The majority of teenagers don't even make eye contact with people, even people of the same age.

I like to get far away from myself when I'm acting.

I like my characters to be ones I think about long after I've finished reading the script.

I've basically grown up with Harry Potter, as so many kids my age have. It's kind of a part of my life.

My whole life I try to make into a comedy, so it would be nice to see that onscreen.

I grew up my whole life in Ireland and obviously sound very, very Irish. I feel like it's just one of those things that just charms the socks off of people.

Everyone thinks I'm ethereal. But I'm not like that, you know. I'm not ethereal. Well, I might have a little bit of that quality to me, that 'old soul' thing, but I'm not ethereal.

Be the person I'm playing. That's what acting is. You're pretending to be someone else.

Oh God, I'm so excited. You see, I watched the Oscars every year at home on an Irish channel and the reception was fuzzy because we were in the country. Every now and then, it would be: 'The winner for best actor is…' and then the screen would go all grey. It's kind of surreal that I'm actually going to be there this year.