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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. "

Deirdre O'Kane

Women

Comedy

Character

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Deirdre O'Kane

Street

Name

" It wasn't that I left acting; it's just that I put it aside while I set about becoming a comic. "

" 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. "

" I'm a shopper but not a big money/label-y shopper. It makes me a nervous wreck. "

" I spent seven years in clubs in England, Australia, etc. Not all comedians cross over to sell out in a theatre. "

" I knew I wanted to be an actress from the age of 13. "

" 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. "

" You wouldn't expect a cattle dealer to sit down at a grand piano and play it beautifully. That's my father. "

" 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. "

" You worry about whether you are match-fit, coming back to the stand-up stage. "

" 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. "

" Many's the audition I waltzed into unprepared and wondered why I didn't get it. I learned the hard way. "

" I love peppermint tea, as it's much nicer than taking anything chemical for settling your stomach. "

" Yves Saint Laurent will never go out of business so long as I'm buying mountains of Touche Eclat. "

" 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

" 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! "

" I'm a great lighter and lover of candles, particularly fragranced ones, as I'm kind of addicted to scent. "

" I am pretty much as you see me. I don't have deep, dark depths and go home in despair. "

Deirdre O'Kane

You

I Am

" I would have benefited a lot from proper training. I could have done with a strong wake-up call about getting jobs. "

" 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. "

" I have no proper money to invest! "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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?' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "