Dervla Kirwan Quotes

Dervla Kirwan

Profession : Actress

Birth : October 24, 1971

Since I was 15 I've lived in fear that I'd never work again.

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I'd much rather go for a long walk than spend an hour in the gym.

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I take the kids horse riding every weekend at Quob Stables - the people there are lovely.

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David Attenborough's 'Life' series is phenomenal. He's a wonderful modern soothsayer.

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I'm a terrible cook but I wish I wasn't.

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I just love being in the middle of nowhere.

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There's a difference between loneliness and solitude. You pursue solitude, I think. But loneliness is a completely different isolating thing.

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There's still, dare I say it, a cultural propaganda against the Irish, that we are, as women, 'feisty.' I hate that word.

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True Dare Kiss' is a gothic drama about a highly dysfunctional Mancunian family who, after 20 years, reconvene for the funeral of their father. I wanted to play Phil because I really liked the character, and there is an element of mystery about her - which I can't reveal.

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I'm not a football fan, and not remotely interested in it.

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Spending time away from family during filming, I think, for every working mum is always difficult. But it has to be done; there's no way round it you've just got to do it.

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It makes a lot of people cringe, the idea of being a team player.

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Sometimes, people are attracted to each other without knowing what or why or when it happens.

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I will always worry about where my career is going and am I any good.

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I think I've got some actor's form of ADHD. I just can't do the same thing day in, day out.

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I am quite a mercurial person.

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I can be a totally different person from one day to the next, so it is difficult for me to stay in one role over a prolonged period.

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I mean, the human race wouldn't continue if anyone told you how hard it is having kids, would it?

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As a chind in Dublin, I can remember having my plate piled high with four or five vegetables - and I'm convinced to this day that my mother's home cooking helped to ward off illness.

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When I was about nine, I was rushed to hospital to have my appendix removed. Like any child, I was more concerned about missing out on having fun with my friends than my health.

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