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" I would have benefited a lot from proper training. I could have done with a strong wake-up call about getting jobs. "
Deirdre O'Kane
Done
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Lot
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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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" Filling a theatre like the Olympia or Vicar Street on your own name is a very rewarding moment. "
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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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" You wouldn't expect a cattle dealer to sit down at a grand piano and play it beautifully. That's my father. "
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" With a new baby, you have a bad day now and again because you're particularly tired, but most of the time, you're fine. You spend a lot of your time trying to figure out how you can get more sleep, but really, you're better off just giving up and admitting that you're not going to, so forget about it. "
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" I admire Pat Shortt as a businessman. Such acumen is unusual for an entertainer. He did all his own deals. I learnt a lot from Pat when I was on the road with him for a year. "
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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 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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" 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 think boarding school does give you an independence. "
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" When you're independent and not attached to a major media organisation, they just look at you as if to say, 'Who are you again?' "
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" I'm doing my best to be mindful about how I'm living: to be kind and patient, and not to impose a bad mood on somebody else. Being mindful is as good a way to be spiritual as anything else. "
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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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" I was never very good at being an unemployed actor. I always thought that I should have been doing something pro-active. I was never good at doing juvenile leads. I suppose it's because I have this big sarcastic head on me. "
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Me
" You worry about whether you are match-fit, coming back to the stand-up stage. "
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" I love peppermint tea, as it's much nicer than taking anything chemical for settling your stomach. "
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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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Long
Business
" I kind of flew into a panic that somebody would have already owned the rights, because Christina Noble's life is such a good story. It took us two full years to get Christina to agree and sign the rights. "
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" Waiting to be hired, as an actor, especially, is soul-destroying... There is always something you can do... Create something, a play reading... Anything. But don't rely on other people to come to you. Put yourself out there. "
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" One day I got an invite to help the Christina Noble Foundation, and by this stage, I'd already been talking about her for 10 years. I said 'yes' right away, and that was the first time I met her. "
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" Most people haven't seen my dramatic work, but I did 10 years of theater before I ever became a comic. I'm just better known for comedy. "
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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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