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Deirdre O'Kane Quotes
Deirdre O'Kane Quotes
Deirdre O'Kane
Irish
Comedian
Born:
1970
Comedy
Good
Just
Living
Me
You
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
Good
Spiritual
Be Kind
Somebody
Bad Mood
Patient
Living
Else
Mindful
Way
Mood
Kind
Bad
About
How
Doing
Impose
Being
Anything
Anything Else
I'm a great lighter and lover of candles, particularly fragranced ones, as I'm kind of addicted to scent.
Deirdre O'Kane
Great
Scent
Lover
Addicted
Kind
Lighter
Particularly
Candles
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
Time
Day
Tired
You
Better
Bad Day
Admitting
Giving
Giving Up
Baby
Spend
Out
Bad
Fine
About
More
Better Off
New
New Baby
Most
Particularly
Because
How
Lot
Off
Up
Forget
Get
Trying
Going
Just
Again
Really
Your
Figure
Now
Sleep
There's a lot I've missed about living in Ireland. You miss family, particularly when you've got kids.
Deirdre O'Kane
Family
You
Living
Kids
About
Miss
Missed
Particularly
Got
Lot
Ireland
I think boarding school does give you an independence.
Deirdre O'Kane
You
School
Independence
Think
I Think
Give
Does
Boarding
Boarding School
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
Me
School
Sunday
Before
Breakfast
Every
Every Sunday
Secondary
Secondary School
Seven
Kid
Classic
Week
Put
Mass
Days
Catholic
Off
Up
Irish
May
Boarding
Boarding School
Then
Your
Growing
Growing Up
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
Own
Tried
Some
My Own
Write
Knew
Eddie
Partly
Does
Were
Just
Experiences
Stories
Based
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
Year
Own
Entertainer
Admire
He
Road
Him
Unusual
Deals
Learnt
His
Lot
Pat
Did
Businessman
Acumen
I have no proper money to invest!
Deirdre O'Kane
Money
Proper
Invest
I was 25 before I joined the world, in my opinion. I was a very late developer, and everything came late.
Deirdre O'Kane
World
Before
Late
Everything
Joined
Developer
Opinion
Came
Very
In My Opinion
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
Work
People
Better
Comedy
Seen
Before
Dramatic
Dramatic Work
Most
Known
Became
Comic
Years
Did
Just
Theater
Ever
I love peppermint tea, as it's much nicer than taking anything chemical for settling your stomach.
Deirdre O'Kane
Love
Tea
Settling
I Love
Taking
Chemical
Than
Stomach
Anything
Much
Your
Nicer
I am pretty much as you see me. I don't have deep, dark depths and go home in despair.
Deirdre O'Kane
Home
Me
You
I Am
Dark
Despair
See
Pretty
Am
Go
Go Home
Depths
Much
Deep
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
Situation
Every
Think
Humour
Everyone
Out
Tries
Some
Miss
Knock
Yes
Ireland
Unique
Appreciated
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
Tea
Know
Real
Just
Psychological
Whether
Function
Necessity
Need
I spent seven years in clubs in England, Australia, etc. Not all comedians cross over to sell out in a theatre.
Deirdre O'Kane
Theatre
Seven
Spent
Out
Cross
Over
Comedians
Years
Sell
Australia
Etc
Clubs
England
I don't like doing things by halves, and I realised you can't do stand-up comedy part-time.
Deirdre O'Kane
You
Comedy
Part-Time
Like
Halves
Doing
Realised
Stand-Up Comedy
Things
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
You
Say
Independent
Attached
Major
Look
Just
Again
Organisation
Who
Media
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
Happy
Dinner
Wine
Perfect
Could
Glass
Idea
Red
Red Wine
French
Die
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
About
Put
Becoming
Comic
Left
Just
While
Aside
Acting
Set
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
You
Father
Sit
Down
Piano
Beautifully
Dealer
Cattle
Expect
Grand
Play
I'm a shopper but not a big money/label-y shopper. It makes me a nervous wreck.
Deirdre O'Kane
Me
Nervous
Big
Wreck
Makes