Deirdre O'Kane
Deirdre O'Kane
create people rely waiting
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.
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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.
laugh love work
Work hard, play hard, dream big, love loads, laugh as much as you can, and give back.
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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?'
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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.
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I love peppermint tea, as it's much nicer than taking anything chemical for settling your stomach.
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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.
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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.
I'm a shopper but not a big money/label-y shopper. It makes me a nervous wreck.
joined
I was 25 before I joined the world, in my opinion. I was a very late developer, and everything came late.
knew partly
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.
age
I knew I wanted to be an actress from the age of 13.
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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.
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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.