Saoirse Ronan Quotes

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Saoirse Ronan

Profession : Actress

Birth : April 12, 1994

'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.

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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.'

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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

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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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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.

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

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

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It's very intimate. There are certain moments where it feels like it's just you and the lens. It's something that has been a very stable, consistent thing in my life.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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