It's weird. I find it more vulnerable and scarier to show people your writing as opposed to your acting. — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share Image
A lot of people pretend to be me if they have a Derry accent and curly hair. — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm doing really good projects and working with really great people; I just hope that it continues. — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Even when I go to London as well people recognise me quite a lot. — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Everybody tries to do the Derry accent, and if I'm outside of Ireland, people always give it a wee go. It's really,… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I imagine a lot of people from my background would feel like this too - when the tides start to turn, it… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Maybe it's no wonder many people think there's a mental health crisis in Derry, something experts recognise as linked to Troubles-related trauma. — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I do think more should be done for people from less financially secure backgrounds to come into the arts and feel comfortable… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share Image
No matter what the situation is - even if it's something that's not overly funny - people in Derry can always find… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share Image
For people looking in, it might have seemed like the Troubles was the focal point of Derry life but, from stories I've… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to do my own little tribute to Derry and a tribute to the community and to the people who… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I get a lot of people asking me out and shooting their shot like you wouldn't believe, there's a lot of, 'Are… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share Image
If you grow up in a certain place where you are afraid of the police, it definitely does something to your decisions,… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share Image
It's what every actor wants to hear: that you do a piece of work that you really love, that you're really passionate… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I think people are shocked that I'm a lot quieter than they thought. They think I'm going to be this really boisterous… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I went through a period where people kept sending me videos and pictures of random women with curly hair and being like,… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share Image
There's this guy, it's so funny, who sends me DMs which are always a random picture of him with a glass of wine or… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share
Being a struggling actor was a huge part of who I was. Now I've realised I'm not terrified of what comes next any more.… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share
I remember believing that I just wouldn't get work, so I just consciously had to practise other accents, but I enjoyed doing it. — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share
Derry Girls' is about more than just growing up in Derry. I think the humour translates to anywhere, really. — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share
I feel like creativity seems to rise up wherever there's been sadness or conflict as a coping mechanism. — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share
It's just my identity was shaped entirely by being a working-class woman focused on a single goal. But once you start to achieve it,… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share
I would describe Bloody Sunday as a day in Derry history, Irish history, that changed the course of history. It was a civil rights… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share
I went through a period where people kept sending me videos and pictures of random women with curly hair and being like, 'I can't… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share
I love putting on the Christmas jumpers and big coats and going out for Christmas pints. Or brandy - Christmas is the time of… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share
There are times that I have to say no to a photograph, like at 8:30 A.M. when I'm out to buy bread and I… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share
I imagine a lot of people from my background would feel like this too - when the tides start to turn, it feels like… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share
I didn't go to drama school. It wasn't in the pay grade of my family at all. I looked into some of the schools… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share
I feel like I'm doing really good projects and working with really great people; I just hope that it continues. — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share
