Toronto: Saoirse Ronan Talks Activism, Growing Up in 'Brooklyn'

hollywoodreporter.com:

Don't go calling Ammonite star Saoirse Ronan an activist. Sure, the multiple Oscar nominee welcomes using her star power to do good, but would rather credit others who do far more to change the world. "I don't consider myself an activist.

It would be unfair to say that, given the very small amount of work I've done with people who really dedicate their lives to it," Ronan told a virtual master class at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday.

Ronan is an ambassador for the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and has lent her voice to other social causes like the #MeToo movement and Feminists Don't Wear Pink. "Being a mouthpiece for the people that actually know what they're talking about is really how I always.