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Roisin Conaty

(1979) Comedian

33 quotes in 141 categories

Roisin Conaty is a comedian.

Quick Facts About Roisin Conaty

Born: March 26, 1979
Profession: Comedian

About Roisin Conaty

[Wikidata] English comedian... | [Wikipedia] Roisin Conaty is a British and Irish comedian, actress, and writer. She won the Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Festival in 2010 for her show Hero, Warrior, Fireman, Liar. She played Jo in the Channel 4 sitcom Man Down from 2013 to 2017. In early 2014, the pilot of the sitcom GameFace, of which

Quotes by Roisin Conaty

Stand-up is one of the art forms where you don't have to look nice, and I hope it stays that way.

Art

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Passion and kindness are the most attractive qualities. Sense of humour is up there, but kindness becomes more important as you get…

Best

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I've never been that girl who has to be in a relationship. My job has given me such a big, full life…

Family

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But stand-up is also one of the few art forms where women aren't judged on their appearance - possibly the only one…

Appearance

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I like garish things: I like the 1970s and 1960s, and country music - that big-hair look. I don't go for nudes…

Country

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I like a lot of makeup and I like big blonde hair. Life's too short for the natural look. Bang it on.

Blonde

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I'm a terrible dresser. I wouldn't know what's in or what season I'm in. It's a real effort for me not to…

Effort

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I still identify as Irish. But I'm a Londoner too. It really is a great place to grow up.

Great

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My dad died suddenly. He had a heart attack aged 52. When the hospital phoned to tell me, it felt like when…

Dad

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Female standups are like hustlers. We have to be. We fight to get gigs or on to panel shows. We're made to…

Earn

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My mum is hilarious. My dad was very, very funny too.

Dad

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I like a sleeve on a dress, something pinched in at the waist that shows my figure.

Dress

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I'm a Londoner, and I feel I can't live anywhere but London, but I feel more connected to Ireland as a country.…

Country

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I always worry what I would have done if I hadn't found comedy. I think what would I have ended up doing?…

Business

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Most shows for me tend to be 'missable', because I work in the evenings, but if 'Come Dine With Me' is on…

Come

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I think I've got an Irish sensibility for language - I like how people talk. I'm not saying I've got it, but…

I think

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Comedy is one of the few places in entertainment at present where it's good for women to be, as no one is…

Comedy

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I was a very imaginative child and I told a lot of lies. My sister used to call it my Exaggerator Calculator.…

Children

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All my mother's sisters are matriarchs - there are big characters and opinions.

Big

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We weren't very wealthy, but I had a real working-class guilt about wanting to perform. I felt disdain towards it because of…

Attention

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I love it, getting the chance to write and perform your own stuff, with a huge team of people creating that world…

Chance

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I'm from an Irish family and, even though I grew up in 80s London, I spent a lot of my childhood in…

Childhood

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When I was seven in Ireland I went to a barber's on my own with my pocket money and asked for long…

Ireland

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I mean, I've got a face for comedy. I say that with love. It does its job.

Comedy

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I watch stuff from all around the world. We all grow up watching American TV, so the idea that I might have…

American

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