Saoirse Ronan

So that's my first memory of being on a film set. And I remember even like I was young, maybe I wasn't in a pram, but I was like, I don't know, I was like five or something. And even then I remember loving the atmosphere of a film set. I just loved, I loved how cool everyone was and how much fun everyone seemed to be having.

Absolutely. Up until that point, I hadn't really played someone who was properly from Ireland. I'd used my own accent in the Grand Budapest Hotel, but I'd never helped to bring to life a sort of stereotypical Irish experience, which millions and millions of us had. have gone through for a very, very long time.

Absolutely. Up until that point, I hadn't really played someone who was properly from Ireland. I'd used my own accent in the Grand Budapest Hotel, but I'd never helped to bring to life a sort of stereotypical Irish experience, which millions and millions of us had. have gone through for a very, very long time.

Absolutely. Up until that point, I hadn't really played someone who was properly from Ireland. I'd used my own accent in the Grand Budapest Hotel, but I'd never helped to bring to life a sort of stereotypical Irish experience, which millions and millions of us had. have gone through for a very, very long time.

So to be able to explore that, I suppose, on screen was absolutely part of the reason why I wanted to do it. Although I think what I hadn't anticipated was actually how overwhelming the experience would be because I had only recently just left home and I'd moved from Ireland to London, assuming that London's just a bigger Dublin. It's the same. I'll be fine. And it's not. And I wasn't.

So to be able to explore that, I suppose, on screen was absolutely part of the reason why I wanted to do it. Although I think what I hadn't anticipated was actually how overwhelming the experience would be because I had only recently just left home and I'd moved from Ireland to London, assuming that London's just a bigger Dublin. It's the same. I'll be fine. And it's not. And I wasn't.

So to be able to explore that, I suppose, on screen was absolutely part of the reason why I wanted to do it. Although I think what I hadn't anticipated was actually how overwhelming the experience would be because I had only recently just left home and I'd moved from Ireland to London, assuming that London's just a bigger Dublin. It's the same. I'll be fine. And it's not. And I wasn't.

And I went through a period of just realising that I actually didn't know that many people here. And I felt quite lonely and disconnected from what I knew and from my roots and who I felt I was back then. And yeah, and so to make Brooklyn sort of at the very beginning of that experience in my life was kind of wild.

And I went through a period of just realising that I actually didn't know that many people here. And I felt quite lonely and disconnected from what I knew and from my roots and who I felt I was back then. And yeah, and so to make Brooklyn sort of at the very beginning of that experience in my life was kind of wild.

And I went through a period of just realising that I actually didn't know that many people here. And I felt quite lonely and disconnected from what I knew and from my roots and who I felt I was back then. And yeah, and so to make Brooklyn sort of at the very beginning of that experience in my life was kind of wild.

Yeah, absolutely. I think it did. But I think that goes back even further for me because I was born in the place that I didn't grow up in. So I was born in the Bronx. I was there till I was three. I always sounded Irish. I was only really surrounded by Irish people when I was there anyway.

Yeah, absolutely. I think it did. But I think that goes back even further for me because I was born in the place that I didn't grow up in. So I was born in the Bronx. I was there till I was three. I always sounded Irish. I was only really surrounded by Irish people when I was there anyway.

Yeah, absolutely. I think it did. But I think that goes back even further for me because I was born in the place that I didn't grow up in. So I was born in the Bronx. I was there till I was three. I always sounded Irish. I was only really surrounded by Irish people when I was there anyway.

And then with two Dublin parents, I moved to the countryside and so still didn't really fit in and was reminded of that quite a bit. And so I never really felt like I fully belonged anywhere. And I still don't really. I think there's parts of me that belong in different places. And I suppose the older I've gotten and the more sort of people who have become a part of my life,

And then with two Dublin parents, I moved to the countryside and so still didn't really fit in and was reminded of that quite a bit. And so I never really felt like I fully belonged anywhere. And I still don't really. I think there's parts of me that belong in different places. And I suppose the older I've gotten and the more sort of people who have become a part of my life,

And then with two Dublin parents, I moved to the countryside and so still didn't really fit in and was reminded of that quite a bit. And so I never really felt like I fully belonged anywhere. And I still don't really. I think there's parts of me that belong in different places. And I suppose the older I've gotten and the more sort of people who have become a part of my life,

bubble um they are my home you know my partner is my home like wherever we are that's that will feel the most like home that it that anywhere can really um so it's not site specific um for a long time I think I got really bogged down by that but Yeah, I've kind of always felt that way.

bubble um they are my home you know my partner is my home like wherever we are that's that will feel the most like home that it that anywhere can really um so it's not site specific um for a long time I think I got really bogged down by that but Yeah, I've kind of always felt that way.

bubble um they are my home you know my partner is my home like wherever we are that's that will feel the most like home that it that anywhere can really um so it's not site specific um for a long time I think I got really bogged down by that but Yeah, I've kind of always felt that way.

But actually, what's really great about being on the road from so young is that you can create a home for yourself anywhere and you know what you need to feel safe and to feel comforted. So, yeah, I think any actor, any filmmaker, any musician, I'm sure, they become experts in setting up camp anywhere, really. Yeah.