Deirdre O'Kane Quotes
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I knew I wanted to be an actress from the age of 13.
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My salary swings an unbelievable amount. When I had Holly, I took seven months off, so my salary was very low. It fluctuates wildly. No one pays you for the period you spend writing. I am certainly not rich.
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Work hard, play hard, dream big, love loads, laugh as much as you can, and give back.
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I'm a great lighter and lover of candles, particularly fragranced ones, as I'm kind of addicted to scent.
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Yves Saint Laurent will never go out of business so long as I'm buying mountains of Touche Eclat.
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The notion that patience is a virtue is something you don't fully appreciate until you're a parent. You need endless patience with little ones.
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There's a lot I've missed about living in Ireland. You miss family, particularly when you've got kids.
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I can't function if I don't have tea. I don't know whether it's psychological or a real necessity, but I just need it.
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I knew I couldn't do what Eddie Izzard does, so I just tried to write some stories that were based, or partly based, on my own experiences.
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Ultimately, I just decided stand-up comedy is a huge commitment, and if you want to be the best, you have to give it one hundred per cent.
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I get a good colour in summer but go really pale in winter, and it genuinely doesn't suit me, as people ask me if I'm ill. As well as making me look a bit better, I often have to be tanned in the middle of winter to do a show or programme, so I've road-tested every fake tan on the market.
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I was 25 before I joined the world, in my opinion. I was a very late developer, and everything came late.
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Filling a theatre like the Olympia or Vicar Street on your own name is a very rewarding moment.
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I love motherhood. I certainly wasn't aware of any mothering instincts until I had babies. I wasn't a person who desperately wanted to have kids, but you don't get it until you do it, and, suddenly, this nurturing instinct exists.
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When I came on the scene, there was The Nualas, who were doing character comedy, but there weren't any other women doing stand-up because Michelle Read had gone more into theatre.
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Many's the audition I waltzed into unprepared and wondered why I didn't get it. I learned the hard way.
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Yes... I miss that everyone in Ireland tries to knock some humour out of every situation. I don't think I appreciated that. It's unique to Ireland.
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I have never, ever slept through my child crying unless I have had a sleeping tablet; and I only take a sleeping tablet when I know Steve, my husband, is on duty. We take turns: he does one night, I do the next.
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I can make my living out of Ireland, but the reason I came to London was that I felt I'd gone as far as I could go in Ireland.
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I am pretty much as you see me. I don't have deep, dark depths and go home in despair.
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Growing up, I was your classic Catholic Irish kid. I went to mass every Sunday. Then in secondary school I went to boarding school, and there was mass seven days a week before breakfast - it may have put me off!
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Acting is very much an all-or-nothing job.
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I think boarding school does give you an independence.
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You worry about whether you are match-fit, coming back to the stand-up stage.