Your first love is your first love. It cannot be analysed, explained, nor forgotten.
Any child who has lost a parent probably knows every single photograph in existence of that parent.
I’ve got a short torso and long legs, so I tend to wear longer tops and things that sit on my hips.
If y,ou do buy shoes from wherever you like wear the hell out of them, and go to your cobbler when the heels go and get them reheeled for a few quid.
I trained in London as a classical actor, but you’ve no idea what way your career will go.
When I’m in L.A., I’m part of the Irish community out there, and I just love it.
No matter what your views are on abortion, the Eighth Amendment in the Constitution is a very cruel, cruel law which benefits no one.
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.
My on-set, keep-warm jacket is a Patagonia, and they make sure the people who make their clothes are paid fairly, along with a load of other great stuff and initiatives. They’re a business, but they put their money where their mouth is in terms of caring and responsibility.
My job is to make people laugh.
Songs with simple lyrics really take off in Irish nightclubs.
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 my cobbler, and he fixes my soles and soul for me.
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.
I am too fat and tall to be a jockey. This is not self-deprecation – I realise that I am neither too fat nor too tall – but I am too fat and too tall to be a jockey.
For ethical fashion, I really like Reformation. It’s so fashionable – no hemp trousers.
Put everything into it if you’re asking people to part with money for it. That’s the way I feel about it.
I remember, when I got my first period, I was almost afraid to tell me mother, who’s quite an open, loving person. But I felt really weird; the chat just wasn’t there.
While we talk about successes, I think it’s also important to talk about all the failures. Like, for every Netflix special, there’s things that don’t work.
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.
Most of my world is in London, and I feel like this is where I went mad and ended up finding myself.
When you see people getting involved in Comic Relief, especially in tough times or times of recession, that’s very positive.
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