Saoirse Ronan has spoken out about her approach to life, saying that she wants to be "normal".
The 19-year-old actress said that she wants to be independent as she gets older, and shuns the idea of getting an assistant.
The Byzantium star is usually chaperoned on location by her parents, but for her latest role in The Grand Budapest Hotel, she ventured to the set alone.
The actress explained to Stylist magazine: "I want to be able to look after myself. I felt strongly about making my own food and doing my own washing. I wouldn't go down the route of having an assistant. I don't want to be like that. I want to be normal."
Ronan, who has been acting since the age of 10 and shot to fame aged 13 in Atonement, said that despite being "more comfortable" around adults, she has never lost her playful nature.
She said: "I've always been quite mature because of the way my parents brought me up. They were very good at talking to me like a person rather than a baby and I was around so many actors and directors from such a young age because my dad is an actor. I was more comfortable with adults rather than actually being an adult child.
"I don't think I ever lost that child-like quality. I was never one of those kids, and I've seen them, who act like an adult on set. I don't want to be that kind of person. I enjoyed it too much to be that serious."
