Top 43 Quotes by Deirdre O'Kane

You worry about whether you are match-fit, coming back to the stand-up stage.

I spent seven years in clubs in England, Australia, etc. Not all comedians cross over to sell out in a theatre.

When I came on the scene, there was The Nualas, who were doing character comedy, but there weren't any other women doing stand-up because Michelle Read had gone more into theatre.

I don't particularly want to work with my husband all the time, as in the living and the working thing.

I am pretty much as you see me. I don't have deep, dark depths and go home in despair.

Yves Saint Laurent will never go out of business so long as I'm buying mountains of Touche Eclat.

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?'

I love peppermint tea, as it's much nicer than taking anything chemical for settling your stomach.

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.

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.