Deirdre O'Kane

Work hard, play hard, dream big, love loads, laugh as much as you can, and give back. ”

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. ”

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 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. ”

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

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. ”

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. ”

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