Deirdre O'Kane
Deirdre O'Kane
family living miss missed
There's a lot I've missed about living in Ireland. You miss family, particularly when you've got kids.
aside
It wasn't that I left acting; it's just that I put it aside while I set about becoming a comic.
endless fully notion patience until virtue
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.
clubs comedians sell seven spent
I spent seven years in clubs in England, Australia, etc. Not all comedians cross over to sell out in a theatre.
invite met noble talking time
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.
die french glass red
I could probably die happy with a cheeseboard and a glass of French red wine - that's my idea of a perfect dinner.
depths home
I am pretty much as you see me. I don't have deep, dark depths and go home in despair.
came far felt gone
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.
living time work
I don't particularly want to work with my husband all the time, as in the living and the working thing.
I don't like doing things by halves, and I realised you can't do stand-up comedy part-time.
business saint
Yves Saint Laurent will never go out of business so long as I'm buying mountains of Touche Eclat.
cattle dealer grand sit
You wouldn't expect a cattle dealer to sit down at a grand piano and play it beautifully. That's my father.
whether
You worry about whether you are match-fit, coming back to the stand-up stage.