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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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" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" Acting is very much an all-or-nothing job. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I don't like doing things by halves, and I realised you can't do stand-up comedy part-time. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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?' "

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

" There's a lot I've missed about living in Ireland. You miss family, particularly when you've got kids. "

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

" I think boarding school does give you an independence. "

" 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. "