Saoirse Ronan
Saoirse Ronan
Saoirse Una Ronan is an Irish-American actress. She is a two-time Academy Award nominee; receiving Best Supporting Actress nomination for Atonement, and a Best Actress nomination for Brooklyn. She also received three BAFTA Award nominations, two Golden Globe nominations, two Screen Actors Guild nominations and two Satellite Award...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth12 April 1994
CityNew York City, NY
CountryIreland
I don't know what kind of swag I'd get if I were extra Irish. It would just be, like, extra potatoes. Or like a free pint of Guinness.
When I was younger, I was very athletic and I always loved sports and physical things.
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.
I like my characters to be ones I think about long after I've finished reading the script.
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.
I listen to everything. I love The Chemical Brothers.
The majority of teenagers don't even make eye contact with people, even people of the same age.
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.
I was 12 and I remember everything. I mean, I had done two films before that. The first was actually with Amy Heckerling. It was so brilliant to work with her on my first film. Atonement was the third one I'd done, and I remember how it felt to arrive on set every day. I remember how it felt to get my wig off at the end of the day. I remember how hot it was.
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.
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 love a lot of comedy actors and actresses like Kristen Wiig and Tina Fey and all those women who are really brilliant and funny.
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.
If you don't have eyebrows, you don't really have a face.