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" I'm a shopper but not a big money/label-y shopper. It makes me a nervous wreck. "
Deirdre O'Kane
Big
Wreck
Nervous
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" 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. "
Deirdre O'Kane
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Story
Rights
" I don't particularly want to work with my husband all the time, as in the living and the working thing. "
Deirdre O'Kane
Thing
Husband
Time
" 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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" I could probably die happy with a cheeseboard and a glass of French red wine - that's my idea of a perfect dinner. "
Deirdre O'Kane
Red
Perfect
Happy
" 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. "
Deirdre O'Kane
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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. "
Deirdre O'Kane
Head
Good
Me
" Filling a theatre like the Olympia or Vicar Street on your own name is a very rewarding moment. "
Deirdre O'Kane
Like
Street
Name
" Work hard, play hard, dream big, love loads, laugh as much as you can, and give back. "
Deirdre O'Kane
Dream
Love
Work
" 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! "
Deirdre O'Kane
Breakfast
Sunday
School
" 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. "
Deirdre O'Kane
Gone
London
Reason
" 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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Hard
Get
Way
" 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. "
Deirdre O'Kane
Appreciate
Patience
Parent
" 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. "
Deirdre O'Kane
Sleep
Day
Bad Day
" 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. "
Deirdre O'Kane
Foundation
Help
Time
" I have no proper money to invest! "
Deirdre O'Kane
Invest
Money
Proper
" 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. "
Deirdre O'Kane
Be Kind
Good
Doing
" I'm a great lighter and lover of candles, particularly fragranced ones, as I'm kind of addicted to scent. "
Deirdre O'Kane
Addicted
Lighter
Scent
" 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. "
Deirdre O'Kane
Years
Better
Comedy
" I don't like doing things by halves, and I realised you can't do stand-up comedy part-time. "
Deirdre O'Kane
Doing
Comedy
Like
" Yves Saint Laurent will never go out of business so long as I'm buying mountains of Touche Eclat. "
Deirdre O'Kane
Mountains
Long
Business
" 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. "
Deirdre O'Kane
Unique
Humour
Situation
" 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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Own
Year
Road
" I spent seven years in clubs in England, Australia, etc. Not all comedians cross over to sell out in a theatre. "
Deirdre O'Kane
Theatre
Over
Australia
" There's a lot I've missed about living in Ireland. You miss family, particularly when you've got kids. "
Deirdre O'Kane
Family
Missed
Living
" It wasn't that I left acting; it's just that I put it aside while I set about becoming a comic. "
Deirdre O'Kane
Comic
Becoming
Set
" I love peppermint tea, as it's much nicer than taking anything chemical for settling your stomach. "
Deirdre O'Kane
Stomach
Love
Tea
" 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. "
Deirdre O'Kane
Necessity
Know
Real
" I am pretty much as you see me. I don't have deep, dark depths and go home in despair. "
Deirdre O'Kane
You
Me
I Am
" 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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Better
Good
Look
" 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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