Dervla Kirwan

I am quite a mercurial person.

— Dervla Kirwan

I really want to work with Mike Leigh.

— Dervla Kirwan

I just love being in the middle of nowhere.

— Dervla Kirwan

Who hasn't had an argument with their mother-in-law?

— Dervla Kirwan

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

— Dervla Kirwan

There is a wealth of fabulous actresses in England.

— Dervla Kirwan

Growing up, I wanted blond hair.

— Dervla Kirwan

I'm a terrible cook but I wish I wasn't.

— Dervla Kirwan

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

— Dervla Kirwan

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

— Dervla Kirwan

I am all for high art but I owe it to myself to be clever about it and do commercial things too.

— Dervla Kirwan

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

— Dervla Kirwan

I want to interact creatively with the directors I work with - it's a thrilling way to work.

— Dervla Kirwan

I was pregnant with my first child and so gloriously happy. I felt fecund and powerful.

— Dervla Kirwan

I used to be nervous about not working and so would work for the sake of it.

— Dervla Kirwan

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

— 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

There's a difference between loneliness and solitude. You pursue solitude, I think. But loneliness is a completely different isolating thing.

— Dervla Kirwan

It does annoy me when I walk into a room and there are six men over the age of 40 with, let's…

— Dervla Kirwan

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

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

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

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

A lot of first-time mothers worry about how they will cope. But I'm more patient than I thought I would be even…

— Dervla Kirwan

A lot of actresses say they are 24 when they are 34 but I find that ridiculous. I wish we didn't succumb…

— Dervla Kirwan

True Dare Kiss' is a gothic drama about a highly dysfunctional Mancunian family who, after 20 years, reconvene for the funeral of…

— Dervla Kirwan

I was a waitress at a really rundown Italian restaurant in Dublin, for about a week, at 16. I thought it was…

— Dervla Kirwan

I actually thought it was quite nice to feel that I could legitimately take up extra space and not have to apologise…

— Dervla Kirwan

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

— Dervla Kirwan

Twenty or 30 years ago, certainly when my mother was my age, I'm sure she felt things were pretty over for her.…

— Dervla Kirwan

I don't have a great relationship with food.

— Dervla Kirwan

I just really wish I'd met my grandfather.

— Dervla Kirwan

I really want to get into feature films.

— Dervla Kirwan

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

— Dervla Kirwan

I've no desire to be away from my family for 16 hours a day.

— Dervla Kirwan

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

— Dervla Kirwan

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

— Dervla Kirwan

I'm only 5ft 2in so a significant increase in weight is really going to be noticed.

— Dervla Kirwan

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

— Dervla Kirwan

I will always worry about where my career is going and am I any good.

— Dervla Kirwan