Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

Nothing chills out the soul like the comfort of tea and a potato.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

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

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

Brexit is not ideal. I'm famously not a Brexit negotiator, but relations between Ireland and the U.K. have been getting stronger, and a big part of that has been trade and feeling like sister countries within the E.U. I don't think it will affect the 'vibe' of relations, but it will have a significant effect on trade and business.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

My father's death has given me a lot. It has given me a lifelong love of women, of their grittiness and hardness - traits that we are not supposed to value as feminine. It has also given me a love of men, of their vulnerability and tenderness - traits that we do not foster as masculine or allow ourselves to associate with masculinity.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

There aren't as many women in my industry in comedy as there should and could and hopefully will be, but it is interesting growing up watching a woman in a male-dominated industry and kind of, like, plowing ahead.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

You can't fake comedy. You can't make it look beautiful or put an interesting bit of music on in the background: funny can only be funny if you're funny.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

One year, I did 10 or 11 pilots of TV shows that never went anywhere.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

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

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

Apparently, my father was funny. I didn't really know him, but people have theories that the gag-smith gene trickles down through the blood amongst other terrible traits like a big nose and a temper.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

Always use sun protection - my favourite brand is Image Skincare.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

Success is never going to come in the way your teenage self sees it.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

For ethical fashion, I really like Reformation. It's so fashionable - no hemp trousers.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

Repealing the Eighth Amendment is about women who don't want to be pregnant. It's not about a certain type of woman, a certain age of woman - we all known sisters and mothers who have chosen to go on with a pregnancy and those who haven't.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

When you go to a restaurant, sometimes you want to go to Heston Blumenthal's where you hear the sound of the sea while you're eating one tiny thing for a hundred quid. And then sometimes you just want toast. You just. Want. To eat. Toast. Sometimes you have to be okay with the fact that in terms of comedy, I'm just like, maybe, 'chips and a side.'

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

No matter what your views are on abortion, the Eighth Amendment in the Constitution is a very cruel, cruel law which benefits no one.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

I've always hated exercise, but because I've had problems with my back, I now do Pilates, and I walk a lot.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

While we talk about successes, I think it's also important to talk about all the failures. Like, for every Netflix special, there's things that don't work.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

I've got a short torso and long legs, so I tend to wear longer tops and things that sit on my hips.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

I wear a lot of blacks and greys, then put in splashes of colours, but I like wearing strong shades like reds and neons, too.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

I love the garishness of the '90s - the giant platform shoes, the sparkly butterfly tops, the chokers.