Aisling Bea Quotes

Aisling Bea

Profession : Actress

Birth : March 16, 1984

My job is to make people laugh.

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If I told my 16-year-old self that, at 34, I'd have no kids and not be in a movie in America, I wouldn't think I was still successful.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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I'll be honest: I've never wanted to do anything other than perform.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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Americans like workers, people who slog. I love working.

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An hour show panics me a lot less than five minutes at the O2. How do you put yourself across and make sure people have a good time in five minutes?

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I buy so much stuff from charity shops.

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

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

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

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

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My father's death has given me a lot. It has given me a lifelong love of women, of their grittiness and hardness - traits that we are not supposed to value as feminine. It has also given me a love of men, of their vulnerability and tenderness - traits that we do not foster as masculine or allow ourselves to associate with masculinity.

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