Dervla Kirwan

There is a wealth of fabulous actresses in England.

— Dervla Kirwan

My Irish identity is important as it's a part of who I am.

— Dervla Kirwan

I just love being in the middle of nowhere.

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I am quite a mercurial person.

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

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I just really wish I'd met my grandfather.

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I don't have a great relationship with food.

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I was always quite mature as a child and as I get older I'm regressing.

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

— Dervla Kirwan

My kids will never need a bodyguard because they'll have me.

— Dervla Kirwan

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) runs in my family, as do other mental health problems.

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

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Because I don't live there anymore, I've fallen in love with London again.

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As long as you're chasing something, that keeps you alive, right?

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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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My parents have a brilliant ear for languages and mimicry and accents, which I think I've inherited - that I can listen…

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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…

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The actor's job is to put themselves in the shoes of the character they are trying to portray as truthfully as possible.

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When I look at a magazine and I see Kate Winslet, I will buy it because Kate lends it a sense of…

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I think if you contribute to a job, and it's repeated and repeated, and sold over the world, and the producers are…

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I ate ostrich. I'm not very proud of it. I was going through a very experimental period and probably during foot and…

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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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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…

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My mother was a woman of the '50s who had a family in the '70s while finding her political and feminist voice.…

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I've been very lucky with having a run of working with very special people and it just makes you work harder.

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I never discuss my troubles in a relationship. It's best to just keep those thoughts to yourself.

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

— Dervla Kirwan

I know that people in the public eye are always being chipped away at by very cynical attitudes in the press.

— Dervla Kirwan

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

— Dervla Kirwan

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

— Dervla Kirwan

The main thing I've done for my children is not to give them a stupid name, like actors do.

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I am very scatty, I don't follow things through, I forget things. I am not perfect.

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Getting pregnant proved to be a hell of a shock but it's really exciting.

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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…

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Los Angeles is not going to be a big naive step for me. I know it's tough out there, but I do…

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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…

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My favourite designers are Stella McCartney, Balenciaga, Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel and Givenchy, but I wish I had loads of money to spend…

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I never read the good press and never read the bad press. If you believe the good press you're finished. If you…

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I'd never scan the starters and main courses on a menu in a restaurant as a child. I'd want a dessert for…

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