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
At the start I had a lot of women messaging me and asking me out and thinking I was gay, some of them were saying they were so glad to see a gay actor on TV. It's weird how people… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
We didn't know 'Derry Girls' was going to take off. It's surreal. — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
