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" I was actually born in New York. We lived there until I was three so I grew up watching Sesame Street and hearing the accent. You are a sponge at that age, soaking everything up. "

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" 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. "

Saoirse Ronan

Powerful

Way

Words

" I would never want to move to L.A. "

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

Saoirse Ronan

Age

My Life

" 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. "

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

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

Saoirse Ronan

You

Books

" I don't feel isolated on a film set. In a way you do because you don't really mix with the outside world; you're just sort of working non-stop for a few months, but you've got so many people around you. "

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

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

Saoirse Ronan

Actor

Working

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

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

Saoirse Ronan

Want

Having

" One of the things that would steer me away from a franchise is that I'm playing the same character all the time and I wouldn't want to be known for that. "

Saoirse Ronan

Character

Want

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

" 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. "

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

" I really want to go to college. "

Saoirse Ronan

Want

Really

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

" 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. "

Saoirse Ronan

Parents

Good

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

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

" Sometimes the director will want you to write about the character, sometimes he'll want you to live in the location that the character is from or something like that, but I don't usually make a lot of notes or anything like that. "

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