Top 90 Aisling Bea Quotes

I love BareMinerals pink blushers, Smashbox eyeshadows and eyeliners, and Trish McEvoy mascara.

Most of my world is in London, and I feel like this is where I went mad and ended up finding myself.

Apparently, my father was funny. I didn’t really know him, but people have theories that the gag-smith gene trickles down through the blood amongst other terrible traits like a big nose and a temper.

I can’t play the guitar, so the thoughts of playing one onstage at a festival makes me quiver, but I’ve been blabbering away in front of people since I was a child, so talking for a living isn’t the most daunting thing to do.

Don’t be afraid to look silly. You are only holding yourself back if you are afraid of looking silly or failing.

There aren’t as many women in my industry in comedy as there should and could and hopefully will be, but it is interesting growing up watching a woman in a male-dominated industry and kind of, like, plowing ahead.

Americans like workers, people who slog. I love working.

Always use sun protection – my favourite brand is Image Skincare.

Success is never going to come in the way your teenage self sees it.

Some people get into comedy because they love comedy. Then there are people who have a message and have realised that if they can be funny, maybe people will listen to it. And then there are people like me, who are just addicted to making people laugh.

In the U.K. and Ireland, crowd-work is a big thing. It shows you how funny someone would be if you met them off-stage. Americans don’t care if you’re funny off-stage. They want to see the writing; they want to see the work you did.

I went to see Billy Connolly do two hours with no break at the Apollo, with Parkinson’s disease, during the winter, and it was one of the most important gigs I have seen in my life.

Things are only daunting if they are very far away from your main skillset.

I wear a lot of blacks and greys, then put in splashes of colours, but I like wearing strong shades like reds and neons, too.

Any child who has lost a parent probably knows every single photograph in existence of that parent.

I love L.A. Some people arrive with big expectations and are inevitably disappointed, but I can audition in the day, which can be gruelling and lonely, but then gig and be creative in the evenings.

Some people admire the aspirational rock star figures whose biopics make it to TV, the people they watched as kids and made them want to play football for England. For some comics, it is often the Doug Stanhopes and the Joan Rivers.

I’ve always hated exercise, but because I’ve had problems with my back, I now do Pilates, and I walk a lot.

I love Alain de Botton and listen to his little ‘School of Life’ YouTube vids as I do the dishes.

I can’t play the guitar, so the thoughts of playing one onstage at a festival makes me quiver, but I’ve been blabbering away in front of people since I was a child, so talking for a living isn’t the most daunting thing to do.

For me, people in Ireland who became actors would have to go through the Billy Barry’s in Dublin.

Nothing chills out the soul like the comfort of tea and a potato.

I buy so much stuff from charity shops.

My job is to make people laugh.

I like the more community element of comedy. And I hate people pitting other people against each other. Audiences are always judging you, but when you’re being judged for a competition, it just takes away the joy of the job.

I love L.A. Some people arrive with big expectations and are inevitably disappointed, but I can audition in the day, which can be gruelling and lonely, but then gig and be creative in the evenings.

I buy so much stuff from charity shops.

I love BareMinerals pink blushers, Smashbox eyeshadows and eyeliners, and Trish McEvoy mascara.

Always use sun protection – my favourite brand is Image Skincare.

Clare Henderson creates the most beautiful delicate prints and paintings.

You can use your womb if you want – it’s the most beautiful thing to do if you want – but it’s not our only reason to be put on this earth.

I’ll be honest: I’ve never wanted to do anything other than perform.

Up to the age of five, I wanted to be a builder. My neighbour, a builder called Paddy White, would come in for a cup of tea with my mother. I’d assemble all the pillows together at interesting angles, thinking he would spot my talent at a raw young age and take me on as an apprentice.

There was a stage in my career, especially with standup, where I felt, because I didn’t know why I was doing well, that anyone who would tell me anything; I was sort of like, ‘What did they say? Yeah, I’ll take that advice.’ Now I’m a bit more careful who I choose to listen to.

I love the garishness of the ’90s – the giant platform shoes, the sparkly butterfly tops, the chokers.

When you see people getting involved in Comic Relief, especially in tough times or times of recession, that’s very positive.

You change things by focusing your energy on doing your job well.

Those two years at drama school were nutty and weird. I didn’t love it at all – I loved my class; I have so many great friends from that time – but I learned less. I just learned more of what I didn’t like.

Repealing the Eighth Amendment is about women who don’t want to be pregnant. It’s not about a certain type of woman, a certain age of woman – we all known sisters and mothers who have chosen to go on with a pregnancy and those who haven’t.

Everyone has material about cats, and everyone has material about family and what they think about their government or childhood.

If I told my 16-year-old self that, at 34, I’d have no kids and not be in a movie in America, I wouldn’t think I was still successful.

I went to see Billy Connolly do two hours with no break at the Apollo, with Parkinson’s disease, during the winter, and it was one of the most important gigs I have seen in my life.

Your first love is your first love. It cannot be analysed, explained, nor forgotten.

In America, they like to think, ‘Do as many things as you can.’ That’s what I like about being here. ‘You’re a polymath! We call you multi-hyphenates!’ I like the idea you’re allowed work as much as you can.

I wear a lot of blacks and greys, then put in splashes of colours, but I like wearing strong shades like reds and neons, too.

I know that the harder you work, the more you learn, the more connections you make. You’ve just got to be prepared to keep putting yourself out there. You have to make it happen.

If I told my 16-year-old self that, at 34, I’d have no kids and not be in a movie in America, I wouldn’t think I was still successful.

My father died when I was three years old and my sister was three months.

You change things by focusing your energy on doing your job well.

It’s a difficult thing to be in fashion or popular – it’s all so fickle.

Please note when you watch a play, you can’t pause it and go to the loo or shout into the kitchen for a tea. Learned that the hard way.

Everyone has material about cats, and everyone has material about family and what they think about their government or childhood.

In karaoke, you don’t choose the song; the song chooses you.

Northern Irish people tend to have this sharp, dark sense of humour.

I grew up in rural Ireland; we only had a few TV channels and had never even heard of sketch shows, but it was completely natural for me to tell jokes and stories.

For ethical fashion, I really like Reformation. It’s so fashionable – no hemp trousers.

I had a bad break up at university – you know, when your heart breaks for the very first time, and you think, ‘I must leave this island,’ as if it had never happened to anyone before. I said ‘OK, I’ll go to England,’ and it was the best decision I ever made.

Apparently, my father was funny. I didn’t really know him, but people have theories that the gag-smith gene trickles down through the blood amongst other terrible traits like a big nose and a temper.

Repealing the Eighth Amendment is about women who don’t want to be pregnant. It’s not about a certain type of woman, a certain age of woman – we all known sisters and mothers who have chosen to go on with a pregnancy and those who haven’t.

Success is never going to come in the way your teenage self sees it.

No-one posts photos of themselves on Instagram when you’re eating spaghetti hoops out of a tin going ‘Why?’

One year, I did 10 or 11 pilots of TV shows that never went anywhere.

I love the garishness of the ’90s – the giant platform shoes, the sparkly butterfly tops, the chokers.

I grew up in rural Ireland; we only had a few TV channels and had never even heard of sketch shows, but it was completely natural for me to tell jokes and stories.

When I’m in L.A., I’m part of the Irish community out there, and I just love it.

I like the more community element of comedy. And I hate people pitting other people against each other. Audiences are always judging you, but when you’re being judged for a competition, it just takes away the joy of the job.

I’ve got a short torso and long legs, so I tend to wear longer tops and things that sit on my hips.

You can’t fake comedy. You can’t make it look beautiful or put an interesting bit of music on in the background: funny can only be funny if you’re funny.