Quotes by Deirdre O'kane - Page 1

I have no proper money to invest!
Deirdre O'kane /
Invest
Proper
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I think boarding school does give you an independence.
Deirdre O'kane /
Independence
Boarding
Boarding School
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I'm a shopper but not a big money/label-y shopper. It makes me a nervous wreck.
Deirdre O'kane /
Nervous
Wreck
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Work hard, play hard, dream big, love loads, laugh as much as you can, and give back.
Deirdre O'kane /
Dream
Work
Hard
Play
Big
Much
Back
Dream Big
Give
Laugh
Loads
Work Hard
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I am pretty much as you see me. I don't have deep, dark depths and go home in despair.
Deirdre O'kane /
Home I Am Me
Home Me I Am
Depths
Go Home
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I don't like doing things by halves, and I realised you can't do stand-up comedy part-time.
Deirdre O'kane /
Part Time
Realised
Stand Up Comedy
Halves
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Filling a theatre like the Olympia or Vicar Street on your own name is a very rewarding moment.
Deirdre O'kane /
Filling
Rewarding
Vicar
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It wasn't that I left acting; it's just that I put it aside while I set about becoming a comic.
Deirdre O'kane /
Comic
Aside
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Yves Saint Laurent will never go out of business so long as I'm buying mountains of Touche Eclat.
Deirdre O'kane /
Buying
Saint
Business Long Will
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I love peppermint tea, as it's much nicer than taking anything chemical for settling your stomach.
Deirdre O'kane /
Settling
Stomach
Tea
Chemical
Nicer
Taking
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There's a lot I've missed about living in Ireland. You miss family, particularly when you've got kids.
Deirdre O'kane /
Ireland
Missed
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Many's the audition I waltzed into unprepared and wondered why I didn't get it. I learned the hard way.
Deirdre O'kane /
Hard Way
Unprepared
Audition
Wondered
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I'm a great lighter and lover of candles, particularly fragranced ones, as I'm kind of addicted to scent.
Deirdre O'kane /
Scent
Candles
Lover
Lighter
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I was 25 before I joined the world, in my opinion. I was a very late developer, and everything came late.
Deirdre O'kane /
Developer
In My Opinion
Joined
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You wouldn't expect a cattle dealer to sit down at a grand piano and play it beautifully. That's my father.
Deirdre O'kane /
Cattle
Dealer
Beautifully
Grand
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I spent seven years in clubs in England, Australia, etc. Not all comedians cross over to sell out in a theatre.
Deirdre O'kane /
Australia
Clubs
Etc
Comedians
Cross
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I could probably die happy with a cheeseboard and a glass of French red wine - that's my idea of a perfect dinner.
Deirdre O'kane /
Dinner
Red Wine
Wine
Glass
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I would have benefited a lot from proper training. I could have done with a strong wake-up call about getting jobs.
Deirdre O'kane /
Wake Up Call
Proper
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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.
Deirdre O'kane /
Function
Psychological
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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.
Deirdre O'kane /
Ireland
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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?'
Deirdre O'kane /
Organisation
Attached
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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.
Deirdre O'kane /
Comic
Dramatic
Work Better People
Dramatic Work
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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.
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Commitment
Hundred
Stand Up Comedy
Cent
Per
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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.
Deirdre O'kane /
Eddie
Partly
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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.
Deirdre O'kane /
Notion
Parent
Virtue
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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.
Deirdre O'kane /
Appreciated
Humour
Ireland
Tries
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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.
Deirdre O'kane /
Acumen
Deals
Unusual
Learnt
Pat
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When I came on the scene, there was The Nualas, who were doing character comedy, but there weren't any other women doing stand-up because Michelle Read had gone more into theatre.
Deirdre O'kane /
Michelle
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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.
Deirdre O'kane /
Best
Bad Mood
Be Kind
Mood
Patient
Spiritual
Living
Anything
Somebody
Anything Else
Bad
Best Good Bad
Doing
Else
Impose
Mindful
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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.
Deirdre O'kane /
Noble
Invite
Right Away
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I kind of flew into a panic that somebody would have already owned the rights, because Christina Noble's life is such a good story. It took us two full years to get Christina to agree and sign the rights.
Deirdre O'kane /
Agree
Flew
Good Story
Noble
Panic
Owned
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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.
Deirdre O'kane /
Salary
Swings
Unbelievable
Holly
Pays
Wildly
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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!
Deirdre O'kane /
Breakfast
Catholic
Classic
Mass
Secondary School
Sunday
Your Me May
Boarding
Boarding School
Every Sunday
Secondary
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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.
Deirdre O'kane /
Turns
Crying
Sleeping
Steve
Tablet
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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.
Deirdre O'kane /
Juvenile
Sarcastic
Unemployed
Good Me Doing
Leads
Suppose
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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.
Deirdre O'kane /
Rely
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I love motherhood. I certainly wasn't aware of any mothering instincts until I had babies. I wasn't a person who desperately wanted to have kids, but you don't get it until you do it, and, suddenly, this nurturing instinct exists.
Deirdre O'kane /
Instinct
Motherhood
Nurturing
Babies
Desperately
Exists
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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.
Deirdre O'kane /
Colour
Fake
Ill
Pale
Winter
Tan
Good Better Me
Genuinely
Good Look Me
Market
Programme
Suit
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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.
Deirdre O'kane /
Admitting
Bad Day
Better Off
Giving Up
New Baby
Tired
Time Day Better
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