Top 53 Quotes by Saoirse Ronan

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.

'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.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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.