As a comic, you are trying to please people in some way - to make them laugh. — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
People love authenticity in comedy and, coming from a region, you get a very strong sense of place. They can place you… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
Where I come from people are very deadpan with a dry humour that I suppose rubbed off on me. — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
If I was a very stable person, I would not have to do comedy. Nobody would have to listen to me. — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
As a comedian, you can't tell people that they're wrong or that they're stupid. — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
I couldn't make a living as a comic in Ireland and I was watching my friends from college getting good jobs, buying… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
When we left university, in the late '80s, one of the guys had been to the Comedy Store in London, came back… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
The beauty of stand-up is that it's very flexible, it's very malleable and immediate. Whatever is in your head that day you… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
It's quite telling that the really big comedians - like John Bishop from Liverpool, Kevin Bridges from Glasgow, Peter Kay from Bolton… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
I was a terribly quiet, shy child. The comedy thing came when I was at university and I started doing stand-up, which… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
Getting up in front of the toughest crowds, you know, playing pubs in South Armagh - where people didn't necessarily even know… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
People pay far too much attention to the television and they're quite literal in some ways. At the beginning, when I was playing very… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share
I have a certain sympathy with politicians having lived with one. I've seen how no matter how earnest or driven or energetic they are,… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share
There is something restless and curious about the Irish. Like everybody else, we want to make money and make our way in the world… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share
If you expect a kick in the balls and you get a slap in the face, it's a victory. — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share
People love authenticity in comedy and, coming from a region, you get a very strong sense of place. They can place you straight away,… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share
They were always my favourite scenes working with Don Warrington. He's such a brilliant actor, he has such a presence, you don't have to… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share
Marriage is when two people are joined together to become one desperately boring person. — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share
I listen to WTF with Marc Maron, although I'm getting annoyed with him, he's a bit too intrusive and fawning. But he's done some… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share
My mother tells me I regaled people with stories but I don't remember that. And she disputes the idea that I might be chronically… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share
I think a certain amount of depression is sort of a normal state of mind to have. Deep depression is another story - and… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share
The beauty of stand-up is that it's very flexible, it's very malleable and immediate. Whatever is in your head that day you can verbalise… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share
We didn't have an awful lot of space. There were six of us born within the space of seven or eight years - I… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share
