saoirseronan: LA TIMES INTERVIEW

Her latest film, "The Lovely Bones," an adaptation of the bestselling book by Alice Sebold and directed by Peter Jackson, hits theaters Friday. "I'm a bit of a bookworm, aren't I?" said Ronan, now 15, before taking a sip of orange juice at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel one recent morning. In person, she comes across much more measured and mature than her age suggests; poised and thoughtful with her answers, but retaining her teen sensibility -- giggling when she's ...