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Sharon Horgan

(1970) Stage Actor Ireland

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Sharon Horgan is a stage actor from Ireland, best known for Coburn's insolvent trading.

Quick Facts About Sharon Horgan

Born: July 13, 1970
Nationality: Ireland
Profession: Stage Actor
Notable works: Coburn's insolvent trading

About Sharon Horgan

Sharon Lorencia Horgan is an Irish actress, writer, director, producer, and comedian. She is best known for creating and starring in the comedy series Pulling (2006–2009), Catastrophe (2015–2019), and Bad Sisters (2022–present). She also created the comedy series Divorce (2016–2019), Motherland (2016–2022), and Shining Vale (2022–2023).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Sharon Horgan

Hackney gets a bit of a bad rap, but it's the only place I've ever lived that felt like a community. I…

Community

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I'm a massive scaredy cat. I'm scared of being in a fast car, I'm scared of being on a rollercoaster, I would…

Car

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You feel you can pretend to be young until you're 50, but after that, what happens and how do you approach it?

Approach

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Things change when you get to 40. I'm embarrassed even that I'm going through it. In a very morbid way, at 40…

Earth

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I'm a sheep when it comes to opinions; I will change my mind and jump on the bandwagon.

Bandwagon

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I've never for a second felt like my job has been more of a struggle because I'm a woman.

Felt

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I think that's important to women in comedy, that we get a lot of the good lines and you're not just the…

Comedy

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If you're not the brightest or if you're not great at sports, or if you're not artistic, then you've got to find…

Artistic

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I despise shows that present friendship where you're always there for each other and really strong because I don't know anyone like…

Deals

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Spending way too long worrying about what people think about me is a bad habit.

Bad habit

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It kind of depresses me when people decide to move away. I get it, you want your kids to have somewhere to…

Beach

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I never felt like I had to rebel against my convent upbringing, because it was comparatively regular.

Felt

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I love Sutton House in Clapton, a beautiful example of Tudor architecture.

Architecture

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I'll cry anywhere because I can do it quite subtly. Walking, that's a good time to have a cry.

Because i can

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I always, always want to make people laugh. In every situation. Even when it's inappropriate.

Inappropriate

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No matter how many frustrations come along, or how many problems arise, I never lose the feeling of how lucky I am.…

Arise

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I started writing sketches with Dennis Kelly, who I ended up writing 'Pulling' with. We entered a BBC competition and did quite…

Bits

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You've only got a short shelf-life as an actor, and I want to make the most of it while I can.

Actors

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It's always uneven, love; it's unbalanced and it's obviously even worse when it comes to someone wanting to part from someone who…

Feeling hurt

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I think the best comedy is tragicomic. Yeah, I suppose if you were to look at everything I've done, there is a…

Best comedy

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I never used to see anything on TV where the man was in the weaker position. It was always the female showing…

Breaking down

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Personally, my twenties were a complete waste of time. Professionally, I hope some good came of them.

Time

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I'm the person who will go to a wedding and switch the place cards around because I don't want to sit next…

Cards

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The thing is, I love a celebrity interview. Doesn't matter how big or how small. It could be Hillary Clinton or the…

Bigs

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I think that there's an idea in 2016 that if a woman doesn't have it all then she's lacking in some way,…

Children

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