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

Once you move away from home, it's never quite the same again. You expect everything to be just as you left it, and it never is. It's almost the firs….

The 1916 uprising was kind of the most important rebellion in Ireland's fight for independence that had been going on for 700 years. So it's a very i….

Acting is one of these things that I can't really describe - it's just like, why do you love your mum and dad? You know, you just do..

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..

When I was younger, I would mess about and have a laugh with everyone. I was doing Atonement when I was about 12, and as we went to do this very seri….

I think it's important that we have strong, female characters in movies now, which can really leave an impression on people - especially young people….

'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 somet….

My name means freedom in Irish..

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 ….

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 sou….

I try as best as I can to have a normal life. People recognise you, of course, and that's very strange. But I sort of leave my working life behind wh….

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, f….

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

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..

I think that when you're an actress, you have to think about what kind of a role model you're going to be. I hope that I'm a good role model for youn….

I've always been quite an active person especially when I was younger. When I was in primary school, I used to play lots of sports. I was a sprinter ….

What we do every St. Patty's day, which is wear green and drink a lot of Guinness. And maybe cry a little bit and laugh, and everyone will have to si….

I will always have a child in me. That is what Pete Jackson has got, what a lot of the directors I have worked with have. It is about knowing how to ….

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..

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