Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

I've never once in my life had a tan - I'm basically a ghost!

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

I love BareMinerals pink blushers, Smashbox eyeshadows and eyeliners, and Trish McEvoy mascara.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

Clare Henderson creates the most beautiful delicate prints and paintings.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

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.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

My job is to make people laugh.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

You change things by focusing your energy on doing your job well.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

In this modern world, where we have filters to make us look as nice as possible, it's good to take off the filter and go, 'I could look stupid here.' You'll learn something and be better for it.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

People who succeed in my job are people who are not afraid to look silly.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

When you see people getting involved in Comic Relief, especially in tough times or times of recession, that's very positive.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

I like the more community element of comedy. And I hate people pitting other people against each other. Audiences are always judging you, but when you're being judged for a competition, it just takes away the joy of the job.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

Everyone has material about cats, and everyone has material about family and what they think about their government or childhood.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

It's a difficult thing to be in fashion or popular - it's all so fickle.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

I remember, when I got my first period, I was almost afraid to tell me mother, who's quite an open, loving person. But I felt really weird; the chat just wasn't there.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

You can use your womb if you want - it's the most beautiful thing to do if you want - but it's not our only reason to be put on this earth.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

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

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

Most of my world is in London, and I feel like this is where I went mad and ended up finding myself.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

I went to see Billy Connolly do two hours with no break at the Apollo, with Parkinson's disease, during the winter, and it was one of the most important gigs I have seen in my life.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

Some people get into comedy because they love comedy. Then there are people who have a message and have realised that if they can be funny, maybe people will listen to it. And then there are people like me, who are just addicted to making people laugh.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

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?

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

In the U.K. and Ireland, crowd-work is a big thing. It shows you how funny someone would be if you met them off-stage. Americans don't care if you're funny off-stage. They want to see the writing; they want to see the work you did.