I buy so much stuff from charity shops.

In karaoke, you don't choose the song; the song chooses you.

I've never once in my life had a tan - I'm basically a ghost!

Songs with simple lyrics really take off in Irish nightclubs.

Always use sun protection - my favourite brand is Image Skincare.

You change things by focusing your energy on doing your job well.

Nothing chills out the soul like the comfort of tea and a potato.

Northern Irish people tend to have this sharp, dark sense of humour.

Success is never going to come in the way your teenage self sees it.

One year, I did 10 or 11 pilots of TV shows that never went anywhere.

It's a difficult thing to be in fashion or popular - it's all so fickle.

Clare Henderson creates the most beautiful delicate prints and paintings.

People who succeed in my job are people who are not afraid to look silly.

Things are only daunting if they are very far away from your main skillset.

Unfortunately, 'How You Remind Me' is the song most perfectly suited to my voice.

Your first love is your first love. It cannot be analysed, explained, nor forgotten.

For ethical fashion, I really like Reformation. It's so fashionable - no hemp trousers.

I trained in London as a classical actor, but you've no idea what way your career will go.

I love BareMinerals pink blushers, Smashbox eyeshadows and eyeliners, and Trish McEvoy mascara.

For me, people in Ireland who became actors would have to go through the Billy Barry's in Dublin.

I love Alain de Botton and listen to his little 'School of Life' YouTube vids as I do the dishes.

I've got a short torso and long legs, so I tend to wear longer tops and things that sit on my hips.

Any child who has lost a parent probably knows every single photograph in existence of that parent.

I love the garishness of the '90s - the giant platform shoes, the sparkly butterfly tops, the chokers.

No-one posts photos of themselves on Instagram when you're eating spaghetti hoops out of a tin going 'Why?'

I've always hated exercise, but because I've had problems with my back, I now do Pilates, and I walk a lot.

Don't be afraid to look silly. You are only holding yourself back if you are afraid of looking silly or failing.

When you see people getting involved in Comic Relief, especially in tough times or times of recession, that's very positive.

I wear a lot of blacks and greys, then put in splashes of colours, but I like wearing strong shades like reds and neons, too.

Everyone has material about cats, and everyone has material about family and what they think about their government or childhood.

No matter what your views are on abortion, the Eighth Amendment in the Constitution is a very cruel, cruel law which benefits no one.

Please note when you watch a play, you can't pause it and go to the loo or shout into the kitchen for a tea. Learned that the hard way.

You can use your womb if you want - it's the most beautiful thing to do if you want - but it's not our only reason to be put on this earth.

If y,ou do buy shoes from wherever you like wear the hell out of them, and go to your cobbler when the heels go and get them reheeled for a few quid.

You can't fake comedy. You can't make it look beautiful or put an interesting bit of music on in the background: funny can only be funny if you're funny.

While we talk about successes, I think it's also important to talk about all the failures. Like, for every Netflix special, there's things that don't work.

I grew up in rural Ireland; we only had a few TV channels and had never even heard of sketch shows, but it was completely natural for me to tell jokes and stories.

I am too fat and tall to be a jockey. This is not self-deprecation - I realise that I am neither too fat nor too tall - but I am too fat and too tall to be a jockey.

I remember, when I got my first period, I was almost afraid to tell me mother, who's quite an open, loving person. But I felt really weird; the chat just wasn't there.

I know that the harder you work, the more you learn, the more connections you make. You've just got to be prepared to keep putting yourself out there. You have to make it happen.

I went to see Billy Connolly do two hours with no break at the Apollo, with Parkinson's disease, during the winter, and it was one of the most important gigs I have seen in my life.

In this modern world, where we have filters to make us look as nice as possible, it's good to take off the filter and go, 'I could look stupid here.' You'll learn something and be better for it.

I love L.A. Some people arrive with big expectations and are inevitably disappointed, but I can audition in the day, which can be gruelling and lonely, but then gig and be creative in the evenings.

Apparently, my father was funny. I didn't really know him, but people have theories that the gag-smith gene trickles down through the blood amongst other terrible traits like a big nose and a temper.

Those two years at drama school were nutty and weird. I didn't love it at all - I loved my class; I have so many great friends from that time - but I learned less. I just learned more of what I didn't like.

There aren't as many women in my industry in comedy as there should and could and hopefully will be, but it is interesting growing up watching a woman in a male-dominated industry and kind of, like, plowing ahead.

I like the more community element of comedy. And I hate people pitting other people against each other. Audiences are always judging you, but when you're being judged for a competition, it just takes away the joy of the job.

I can't play the guitar, so the thoughts of playing one onstage at a festival makes me quiver, but I've been blabbering away in front of people since I was a child, so talking for a living isn't the most daunting thing to do.

In the U.K. and Ireland, crowd-work is a big thing. It shows you how funny someone would be if you met them off-stage. Americans don't care if you're funny off-stage. They want to see the writing; they want to see the work you did.

Some people admire the aspirational rock star figures whose biopics make it to TV, the people they watched as kids and made them want to play football for England. For some comics, it is often the Doug Stanhopes and the Joan Rivers.

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