A possible concise summary is:
Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan have a conversation about their acting careers, their experiences with accents, playing real-life characters, and the joy of being on film sets. They also discuss their roles in Steve Jobs and Brooklyn, and how they relate to their personal lives. They share some anecdotes from their childhoods, their families, and their first auditions. They end by thanking the viewers for watching actors on actors.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The speaker was aware of the story of Brooklyn before reading the script and had read the book when they were about 60.
2. The speaker loved the book and thought the story was amazing.
3. The speaker's parents had made a similar journey to the one in the book, moving to New York in the 80s and working there for 10-11 years.
4. The speaker was born in New York, but grew up in the countryside.
5. The speaker's parents are from Dublin, and they consider themselves to be from nowhere and everywhere.
6. The speaker has four siblings and grew up in a very small house.
7. The speaker's father was a struggling actor.
8. The speaker was cast in a film directed by Peter Jackson when they were 17.
9. The speaker has played many English characters and has had to use accents to get jobs.
10. The speaker's accent is from Dublin, but they have also used other accents in their acting work.
11. The speaker was fascinated by accents and the way they can define a person's character.
12. The speaker realized that acting is not just about speaking, but also about rhythm and the way words are delivered.
13. The speaker was extremely young when they realized they wanted to be an actress.
14. The speaker's first experience with acting was when they were cast in a short film with their father.
15. The speaker's daughter has also acted in films and has already developed a sense of professionalism on set.
16. The speaker remembers wanting to be cast as Mary in their school Nativity play when they were five.
17. The speaker had a moment of realization when they were seven or eight, where they thought that if someone put a camera in the kitchen, it would be the same as filming their mom, but she wouldn't be acting, she would just be being.
18. The speaker's advice to young actors is to "don't act, be."
19. The speaker believes that the reason acting is wonderful is that it allows you to put yourself back in the place you were in as a kid, when you completely surrendered to the feeling of being someone else and being somewhere else.
20. The speaker reminds themselves to forget that the camera is there when acting, as it can make them self-conscious and aware of how they are being viewed.