Words matter. These are the best Deirdre O’Kane Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 wanted to be an actress from the age of 13.
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.
It wasn’t that I left acting; it’s just that I put it aside while I set about becoming a comic.
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.
Many’s the audition I waltzed into unprepared and wondered why I didn’t get it. I learned the hard way.
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.
Filling a theatre like the Olympia or Vicar Street on your own name is a very rewarding moment.
I don’t like doing things by halves, and I realised you can’t do stand-up comedy part-time.
Acting is very much an all-or-nothing job.
I was 25 before I joined the world, in my opinion. I was a very late developer, and everything came late.
I love peppermint tea, as it’s much nicer than taking anything chemical for settling your stomach.
I have no proper money to invest!
I don’t particularly want to work with my husband all the time, as in the living and the working thing.
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.
Work hard, play hard, dream big, love loads, laugh as much as you can, and give back.
I’m a great lighter and lover of candles, particularly fragranced ones, as I’m kind of addicted to scent.
I’m a shopper but not a big money/label-y shopper. It makes me a nervous wreck.
You wouldn’t expect a cattle dealer to sit down at a grand piano and play it beautifully. That’s my father.
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?’
