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Saoirse Ronan reveals how her mother kept her grounded as a child star

Saoirse Ronan has revealed that her mother is a huge part of how she has remained grounded – despite growing up in the gruelling film industry.

The Irish actress, who is up for Best Actress at the Oscars this year, has already been recognised by the Academy when she was just 13-years-old for her role in Atonement.

Speaking to New York Magazine, Saoirse put her down-to-earth attitude down to her mother’s presence on set when she was younger.

“To have someone with you from 10 to 19 when you’re on a set, who has perspective and is only there to look out for you, it really means that you have a more realistic way of looking at this entire world,” she said.

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The Brookyn star also revealed that she shares a common interest with US actress Jodie Foster, as they both bonded over how their mothers influenced them on set as child stars in the film industry.

“I was talking to someone who started out as a child actor, last night, and went on to do incredible things, and we were both saying it was a huge, huge influence to have our mothers with us when we were young and mothers who came from more of an ethical standpoint than a business one,” she explained.

While Saoirse admitted that she is starting to feel the pressures of fame following her whirlwind year with the success of Brooklyn, she revealed never felt like that when she was younger.

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“I feel it a bit now, and I could see a change when Hanna came out, because it was the first sort of commercial success I’d had, apart from Atonement, and I was very young then – a lot of that went over my head,” she said.

“Part of it was that I’d grown up outside L.A., so I wasn’t exposed to the competitive side of that world, where you feel like you have to do a thousand and one things in order to keep up with everyone else.

“I didn’t have that pressure of feeling like I needed to be exposed more or do a big studio film in order to get more work. It was down to the type of work I wanted to do,” she added.

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