Deirdre O'Kane

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.

It wasn't that I left acting; it's just that I put it aside while I set about becoming a comic.

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.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.