Saoirse Ronan Quotes

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

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

The written word can be powerful and beautiful - but films transport us to another place in a way that even the most evocative words never can.

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.

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.

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

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've never really felt like I was a child actor. Just an actor who happened to be quite young.

My name means freedom in Irish.

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

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.

It's too distracting to read about yourself. You want to be perfect and you want everyone to love you, and that's never going to happen.

I think acting is something that is within you. It's a very natural thing for me. It comes from myself, really.

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.

I love cleaning. I love mopping the floor. If you need your floor mopped, I'm there.

I like books that are exciting and that make you think about things, as well. I like things that have a twist - like 'Atonement,' which I haven't read obviously, as I'm a bit young.

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

I think it's important that we have strong, female characters in movies now, which can really leave an impression on people - especially young people - and that they're not 'sexy' or 'cool'.

I love a lot of comedy actors and actresses like Kristen Wiig and Tina Fey and all those women who are really brilliant and funny.

With stores like Topshop and H&M you can find really great stuff, but I do like designer things as well, and I'm lucky because they approach me to wear their stuff. I really love Miu Miu.

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

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.

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

Vampire teeth really aren't very efficient, are they? It looks very messy. I'm not sure it's the best way to get a pint off anyone.

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

There are a lot of people who say, 'Yeah yeah, I'm a feminist,' and they're not, actually. I wouldn't want to throw that word around, because it's a very strong thing.

I think I do believe in the afterlife; I have heard stories from people who I can completely trust that have seen ghosts.

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

'Romeo And Juliet' is the classic love story. When two lovers are separated and trying to get back to one another, that's fiercely romantic and something you become glued to.

I think when you get on with the actors that you're working with, even if you do have really intimate scenes, as long as you get on well, and have a bit of a laugh while doing it, then it's fine.

I'm Irish, so I'm messing all the time. Which means, I'm having a laugh. I'm always making jokes.

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

There's no one out there like Quentin Tarantino. His films have a signature look, and they never just stick to the same kind of story.

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

I really want to go to college.

I like films where there's a relationship between two women. I always think that's lovely to watch on the screen.

I would never want to move to L.A.

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.

When I was younger, I was very athletic and I always loved sports and physical things.

Lindsay Lohan was the 'It' girl from, like, 14. That's a lot of pressure.

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

If I'm in the middle of a take and I start to think about what I'm doing, I just mess up and I have to stop and so I find that for me, you really need to trust your instinct.

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.

I like books that are exciting and that make you think about things, as well.

When I can't get the character out of my head, and I'm in my bedroom and I start to actually act out the scenes that I've read in a script, I think okay, I really want to do this.

I was born in New York, so I'd love to study at New York University.

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.

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

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

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