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" 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
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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 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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" 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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Parent
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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 could probably die happy with a cheeseboard and a glass of French red wine - that's my idea of a perfect dinner. "
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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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" There's a lot I've missed about living in Ireland. You miss family, particularly when you've got kids. "
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