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.
Saoirse RonanWhen I am on set or rehearsing for the play, the only thing I can talk about is the work I'm doing. In that way, I home in on what I am doing at the time. So maybe I am a terrible multitasker.
Saoirse RonanIt'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.
Saoirse RonanThe 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 RonanI don't mind doing the whole red carpet thing when I have to when it comes to publicizing a movie. But besides that, I don't like those kinds of things at all. Celebrity status is not really something that appeals to me.
Saoirse Ronan