Sarah Greene

“I've got quite a low voice, so it's not your typical musical theater voice, but I do love musicals; they're a very different experience.”

“It's very hard being a mother or father and not being able to provide for your family. Your job as a parent is to keep them safe and protect them, and when aspects of that are taken away it puts these people in an awful situation.”

“How many relationships have we been in where its like, are we together, are we boyfriend and girlfriend? What does that even mean? We're too scared to ask the question, we're afraid of the answers. It's a learning curve.”

“I got to a point where I thought, now I have a choice. I can stay in theatre, or I can challenge myself and give this a go. And I want to challenge myself. I like to scare myself.”

“Procedurals are interesting to watch, but they're not as interesting to play because there isn't an opportunity to delve into any backstories. You're instead supporting the story week by week.”

“Choice is everything. Unfortunately, we do a lot of fluff. There's three boxes - profile, money, heart - and if the project ticks two of those, you do it.”

“You only have one life so love, fall in love, get hurt, live your life to the fullest and don't be scared to throw yourself into being in love.”

“Being out at work in L.A. is the nicest place to be. You don't get depressed because of the sun shining every day. I love it there.”

“They just love the Irish accent in the States. But I just talk really fast because I'm from Cork. It's my speed that really throws them, especially when I get nervous. Doing interviews there is really hard because you can't hear a word I'm saying!”

“It was kind of Saoirse Ronan who really paved the way - she's the youngest of us all, but she did. She paved the way and opened doors for all of us. We're all rising on her coat-tails and I'd take any job she doesn't want to do.”

“My mates and my family know who I am and that's all I really care about. Making my parents proud and happy.”

“Your choices are very important. The only thing you have as actors are your choices: the option to say no to something. You don't want to take on a really bad job and be terrible in something - especially in film, because if you're bad in it, you're bad in it forever.”

“I've always been very passionate about acting. I appeared in panto in the Everyman from the age of five.”

“You do doubt yourself and question yourself. You go from massive highs and confidence boosters - when I was in New York I was buzzing around the place - to really doubting yourself and questioning everything about your personality.”

“Normal People' is an incredibly intimate show, there are a lot of love scenes in it and it's beautifully done.”