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'm very much for strengthening our industry at home. It's great now there's a lot of work happening but I think with Irish film in particular, the views were starting to get a little stereotypical and we were pigeonholing ourselves a little bit. We needed to get out of that.
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.
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 think I do believe in the afterlife; I have heard stories from people who I can completely trust that have seen ghosts.
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 like my characters to be ones I think about long after I've finished reading the script.
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.
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.
I like books that are exciting and that make you think about things as well.
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 think 'Twilight' was such a phenomenon that it will be awhile before anything like that will happen again. Cause it really influenced pop culture, and the stars of it - well, the people who became stars out of it - their lives were completely changed.
I think if my child died I would prefer it if I were dead.
I like films where there's a relationship between two women. I always think that's lovely to watch on the screen.
I think acting is something that is within you. It's a very natural thing for me. It comes from myself, really.