72 Quotes by Aisling Bea

I can't play the guitar, so the thoughts of playing one onstage at a festival makes me quiver, but I've been blabbering away in front of people since I was a child, so talking for a living isn't the most daunting thing to do.

Northern Irish people tend to have this sharp, dark sense of humour.

An hour show panics me a lot less than five minutes at the O2. How do you put yourself across and make sure people have a good time in five minutes?

Songs with simple lyrics really take off in Irish nightclubs.

Put everything into it if you're asking people to part with money for it. That's the way I feel about it.

Don't be afraid to look silly. You are only holding yourself back if you are afraid of looking silly or failing.

For me, people in Ireland who became actors would have to go through the Billy Barry's in Dublin.

Please note when you watch a play, you can't pause it and go to the loo or shout into the kitchen for a tea. Learned that the hard way.

Any child who has lost a parent probably knows every single photograph in existence of that parent.