Deirdre O'Kane
Deirdre O'Kane
call proper
I would have benefited a lot from proper training. I could have done with a strong wake-up call about getting jobs.
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.
major
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?'
good juvenile suppose unemployed
I was never very good at being an unemployed actor. I always thought that I should have been doing something pro-active. I was never good at doing juvenile leads. I suppose it's because I have this big sarcastic head on me.
boarding catholic classic days growing mass school secondary seven
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!
hard unprepared
Many's the audition I waltzed into unprepared and wondered why I didn't get it. I learned the hard way.
became dramatic known people seen work
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.
addicted great lighter
I'm a great lighter and lover of candles, particularly fragranced ones, as I'm kind of addicted to scent.
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.
whether
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.
admitting again bad figure forget spend time trying
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.
filling rewarding street vicar
Filling a theatre like the Olympia or Vicar Street on your own name is a very rewarding moment.
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.
aside
It wasn't that I left acting; it's just that I put it aside while I set about becoming a comic.