Saoirse Ronan Quotes
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We've done a lot of films now about the IRA, we can move on from all that. I loved '71 because I think it showed a very honest trail and what it was actually like. It wasn't one-sided. I really respect '71 director Yann Demange for what he did. But we have done a lot of those things.
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I've always been quite an active person especially when I was younger. When I was in primary school, I used to play lots of sports. I was a sprinter and I did basketball and swimming and Gaelic football and things like that. So I always thought, I guess, that it would be fun to incorporate that much physical activity and work into a dramatic piece.
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I've always wanted to act and I grew up a little on film sets when my dad was working as an actor.
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I don't look at rushes, or I don't go to the dailies. I don't even really look at playback unless it's an action scene or a move that I need to do better, something like that.
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I've always been quite mature because of the way my parents brought me up. They were very good at talking to me like a person rather than a baby, and I was around so many actors and directors from such a young age because my dad is an actor. I was more comfortable with adults rather than actually being an adult child.
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I did find New Zealand similar to Ireland. The people, obviously. I found that, ironically, although these two countries were very far away from each other, their humor was so similar and their outlook on things was quite similar as well.
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I'm a huge Wes Anderson fan. I literally love every single film. He hasn't made a bad film; I've seen every single one. They've all been brilliant, from 'Bottle Rocket' up to 'Moonrise Kingdom,' they've all been wonderful.
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I think acting is something that is within you. It's a very natural thing for me. It comes from myself, really.
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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.
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I certainly don't feel like I am desperate to run away from a film set. I love the hustle and bustle. Everything is sort of mad right before a take, and then it just settles, and you've got these two minutes of a bit of magic. I just love that in film.
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I saw 'Clueless' probably when I was about 8 or 9 years old. And, I had certain films that I would fall asleep so it was 'Clueless' for quite a long time, and I used to just watch it every single night and knew every single line, every single quote.
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I like books that are exciting and that make you think about things, as well.
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I don't think you could get anything worse than losing a child. I think if my child died, I would prefer it if I were dead.
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I think I do believe in the afterlife; I have heard stories from people who I can completely trust that have seen ghosts.
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For me, clothes are about individuality. When I wear things that are different and it works, it makes me feel good.
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I remember being on Atonement and it felt very right to be there. There was so much excitement every day. I remember very vividly how it felt to be a child on a film set, and that is actually really important to hold on to for as long as you continue to make films.
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I will always have a child in me. That is what Pete Jackson has got, what a lot of the directors I have worked with have. It is about knowing how to have fun and that is something I always want to hold on to.
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Joe Wright was almost like a teacher, to be firm with me, that really stuck with me. And that helped me as I've gotten older.
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Acting is one of these things that I can't really describe - it's just like, why do you love your mum and dad? You know, you just do.
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Once you move away from home, it's never quite the same again. You expect everything to be just as you left it, and it never is. It's almost the first step into adulthood, realising you've got to make your own way.
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I like my characters to be ones I think about long after I've finished reading the script.
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I really want to go to college.
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I'm Irish, so I'm messing all the time. Which means, I'm having a laugh. I'm always making jokes.
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That's what acting is. You're pretending to be someone else.