I mean, the human race wouldn't continue if anyone told you how hard it is having kids, would it? — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
Yoga is great for easing my back pain. It also helps me keep stress at bay, which is something I can suffer… — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
I've been very lucky with having a run of working with very special people and it just makes you work harder. — Dervla Kirwan Lucky Copy Share Image
I never discuss my troubles in a relationship. It's best to just keep those thoughts to yourself. — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
Sometimes, people are attracted to each other without knowing what or why or when it happens. — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
I think I've got some actor's form of ADHD. I just can't do the same thing day in, day out. — Dervla Kirwan Actor Copy Share Image
I know that people in the public eye are always being chipped away at by very cynical attitudes in the press. — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
I'd much rather go for a long walk than spend an hour in the gym. — Dervla Kirwan Exercise Copy Share Image
Yeah, I talk to everyone. I think that's the secret, you know. Keep it friendly, keep it warm. People just want to… — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
I think if you contribute to a job, and it's repeated and repeated, and sold over the world, and the producers are… — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
The thing that strikes a chord with me... as a mother... is to think of my 17-year-old son fighting would be just… — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
When growing up, there were never any conversations about the past, because if you don't ask the questions, you never get the… — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
I ate ostrich. I'm not very proud of it. I was going through a very experimental period and probably during foot and… — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
There's a difference between loneliness and solitude. You pursue solitude, I think. But loneliness is a completely different isolating thing. — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
I'm obviously slightly ill, because there is a burning desire to be perfect in me. It's probably the Catholic, or the ex-Catholic… — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
When I was about nine, I was rushed to hospital to have my appendix removed. Like any child, I was more concerned… — Dervla Kirwan Asthma Copy Share Image
David Attenborough's 'Life' series is phenomenal. He's a wonderful modern soothsayer. — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
I've made a lot of mistakes in my career but the biggest mistake I've made is to turn down work. — Dervla Kirwan Biggest mistake Copy Share Image
I take the kids horse riding every weekend at Quob Stables - the people there are lovely. — Dervla Kirwan Horse Copy Share Image
The main thing I've done for my children is not to give them a stupid name, like actors do. — Dervla Kirwan Actors Copy Share Image
I feel better now at 38 then I did when I was 17. But then, when I was 17 I did have… — Dervla Kirwan Attitude Copy Share Image
I am very scatty, I don't follow things through, I forget things. I am not perfect. — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
Getting pregnant proved to be a hell of a shock but it's really exciting. — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
I watched 'Lagerfeld Confidential,' which was such an insight into the daily life of a maverick designer. — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
At first I didn't want to get involved with another actor. But Rupert is a lovely man who is clearly a great… — Dervla Kirwan Actor Copy Share Image
Spending time away from family during filming, I think, for every working mum is always difficult. But it has to be done;… — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
I don't want to be known as 'oh, Dervla, when she's on stage she's very good but she's terribly dreary', or 'another… — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
Los Angeles is not going to be a big naive step for me. I know it's tough out there, but I do… — Dervla Kirwan Actors Copy Share Image
I was a product of the late '70s and early '80s, so when we think of how we're so protective of our… — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
I'd never scan the starters and main courses on a menu in a restaurant as a child. I'd want a dessert for… — Dervla Kirwan Children Copy Share Image
My favourite designers are Stella McCartney, Balenciaga, Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel and Givenchy, but I wish I had loads of money to spend… — Dervla Kirwan Designers Copy Share Image
I never read the good press and never read the bad press. If you believe the good press you're finished. If you… — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
Ballykissangel' made me a household name, and I am enormously grateful for that, but I don't feel it would ever have developed… — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
I didn't grow up reading magazines; I was very much in an environment where that would have been deemed trivial, frivolous. — Dervla Kirwan Environment Copy Share Image
As a chind in Dublin, I can remember having my plate piled high with four or five vegetables - and I'm convinced… — Dervla Kirwan Cooking Copy Share Image
I moved to London when I was 18 to develop my acting career, but I still love going home to Ireland to… — Dervla Kirwan Acting Copy Share Image
The very nature of acting is one minute you're up and the next you're down; one minute you're in favour and the… — Dervla Kirwan Acting Copy Share Image
I am concerned that there's a cavalier attitude to the Irish Peace Process. What poor memories some have; I remember only too… — Dervla Kirwan Attitude Copy Share Image
It's a collective experience when you're making TV. You think of all the people who work hard to make this extraordinary and… — Dervla Kirwan Experience Copy Share Image
