Saoirse Ronan Quotes, Thoughts and images

Learning is the most important thing, no mater how you do it, or where you do it, or who you do it with.

My name means freedom in Irish.

I think I do believe in the afterlife; I have heard stories from people who I can completely trust that have seen ghosts.

I like my characters to be ones I think about long after I've finished reading the script.

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

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

I've never really felt like I was a child actor. Just an actor who happened to be quite young.

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

I listen to everything. I love The Chemical Brothers.

I like films where there's a relationship between two women. I always think that's lovely to watch on the screen.

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

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 really want to go to college.

I'm all right, not as good as my mom is. Maybe because I don't have kids.

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.

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.

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

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

I'm Irish, so I'm messing all the time. Which means, I'm having a laugh. I'm always making jokes.

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

Joe Wright was almost like a teacher, to be firm with me, that really stuck with me. And that helped me as I've gotten older.

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

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.

Vampire teeth really aren't very efficient, are they? It looks very messy. I'm not sure it's the best way to get a pint off anyone.

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.