Saoirse Ronan may be a three time Oscar-nominated actress, but she still feels like the same person who was born and raised in Ireland.
Over the last 18 months, she’s filmed three major films back to back – Lady Bird, which she won a Golden Globe for; On Chesil Beach, which is set for release this week; and Mary Queen of Scots, which will be released in December.
Although Saoirse is one of the most talked about actresses in Hollywood right now, she’s never accepted the same level of fame as the likes of Justin Bieber.
In an interview with the Sunday Independent Weekend Magazine, she explained, “I am getting recognised much more over there now [the US], because of Lady Bird, I think.”
“But I still have that thing in my head though where I think, you know, Justin Bieber is famous, and that’s a level of fame that I don’t feel a part of at all.
“So because I don’t read any articles about myself… and I don’t look at any photos of myself or interviews, I’m kind of able to detach from it almost completely.
“The only thing that I have noticed now is that I do get recognised more. I’ve always been recognised at home, but it’s happening an awful lot more when I’m away.”
On how she’s remained level-headed during her transition from child star to an Oscar nominated actress, she said, “I think the fact that I started when I was so young has helped me in a way, but I’m also very, very lucky that I have parents who weren’t fazed by it.”
“In particular my mam, who had spent years supporting my dad, because he’s an actor too. He started out in the theatre in New York and had ups and downs and had times where he wasn’t working and where he was working a lot, she saw the pitfalls and the highs and lows of that.”
“Also, from the very beginning, it’s only been about work, that’s always been the only focus for me.”
“That’s what I do this for, that’s what I care about, and when you know why you do what you do, it’s makes everything much clearer. So if you do start to get recognised or whatever, it feels like it’s almost not a part of what you do.”
“Even now, I’m of the mindset that everything’s really good at the moment, so I’m going to appreciate it now, because there will be times when maybe it isn’t. I hope to be working in film always, but you never know,” she added.
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