Saoirse Ronan

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'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.

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

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.

I'm a huge Wes Anderson fan. I literally love every single film. He hasn't made a bad film; I've seen every single one. They've all been brilliant, from 'Bottle Rocket' up to 'Moonrise Kingdom,' they've all been wonderful.

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

When I was younger, I was very athletic and I always loved sports and physical things.

My whole life I try to make into a comedy, so it would be nice to see that onscreen.

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

I 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.

I listen to everything. I love The Chemical Brothers.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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 was born in New York, so I'd love to study at New York University.

When I was younger and in primary school, I'd do maybe a film a year, and I had to adapt to being away from everyone for a couple of months.

There are a lot of people who say, 'Yeah yeah, I'm a feminist,' and they're not, actually. I wouldn't want to throw that word around, because it's a very strong thing.

For me, clothes are about individuality. When I wear things that are different and it works, it makes me feel good.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

'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.

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 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 don't look at rushes, or I don't go to the dailies. I don't even really look at playback... unless it's an action scene or a move that I need to do better, something like that.

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

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

With stores like Topshop and H&M you can find really great stuff, but I do like designer things as well, and I'm lucky because they approach me to wear their stuff. I really love Miu Miu.

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

I would never want to move to L.A.

I really want to go to college.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.