Dervla Kirwan

I didn't grow up reading magazines; I was very much in an environment where that would have been deemed trivial, frivolous.

— Dervla Kirwan

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

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

— Dervla Kirwan

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

— Dervla Kirwan

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

— Dervla Kirwan

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

— Dervla Kirwan

I feel better now at 38 then I did when I was 17. But then, when I was 17 I did have…

— Dervla Kirwan

I moved to London when I was 18 to develop my acting career, but I still love going home to Ireland to…

— Dervla Kirwan

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

— Dervla Kirwan

I am quite a mercurial person.

— Dervla Kirwan

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

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

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

— Dervla Kirwan

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

— Dervla Kirwan

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

— Dervla Kirwan

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

— Dervla Kirwan

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

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

There is a wealth of fabulous actresses in England.

— Dervla Kirwan

I just love being in the middle of nowhere.

— Dervla Kirwan

I mean, the human race wouldn't continue if anyone told you how hard it is having kids, would it?

— Dervla Kirwan

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

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

— Dervla Kirwan

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

As a chind in Dublin, I can remember having my plate piled high with four or five vegetables - and I'm convinced…

— Dervla Kirwan