80 Quotes by Dervla Kirwan

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

A lot of first-time mothers worry about how they will cope. But I'm more patient than I thought I would be even though there are good days and bad days.

I am concerned that there's a cavalier attitude to the Irish Peace Process. What poor memories some have; I remember only too well the bag searches, the bomb scares and deaths. As they say, history doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes.

A lot of actresses say they are 24 when they are 34 but I find that ridiculous. I wish we didn't succumb to the youth-is-all ideology in this industry, because there is a huge audience out there who want to relate to characters of their own age played by actors of their own age.

I take the kids horse riding every weekend at Quob Stables - the people there are lovely.

Ballykissangel' made me a household name, and I am enormously grateful for that, but I don't feel it would ever have developed me into a better actress had I stayed.

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

I watched 'Lagerfeld Confidential,' which was such an insight into the daily life of a maverick designer.

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 next you're forgotten. You go away and you come back again.