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.
aside
It wasn't that I left acting; it's just that I put it aside while I set about becoming a comic.
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.
depths home
I am pretty much as you see me. I don't have deep, dark depths and go home in despair.
acumen learnt pat unusual
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.
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.
joined
I was 25 before I joined the world, in my opinion. I was a very late developer, and everything came late.
school
I think boarding school does give you an independence.
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.
call proper
I would have benefited a lot from proper training. I could have done with a strong wake-up call about getting jobs.
chemical love nicer settling
I love peppermint tea, as it's much nicer than taking anything chemical for settling your stomach.
filling rewarding street vicar
Filling a theatre like the Olympia or Vicar Street on your own name is a very rewarding moment.
crying sleeping slept tablet unless
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.
certainly months pays period seven swings took
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.