Work hard, play hard, dream big, love loads, laugh as much as you can, and give back.
I love peppermint tea, as it's much nicer than taking anything chemical for settling your stomach.
I'm doing my best to be mindful about how I'm living: to be kind and patient, and not to impose a bad mood on somebody else. Being mindful is as good a way to be spiritual as anything else.
I would have benefited a lot from proper training. I could have done with a strong wake-up call about getting jobs.
Ultimately, I just decided stand-up comedy is a huge commitment, and if you want to be the best, you have to give it one hundred per cent.
I have never, ever slept through my child crying unless I have had a sleeping tablet; and I only take a sleeping tablet when I know Steve, my husband, is on duty. We take turns: he does one night, I do the next.
I'm a great lighter and lover of candles, particularly fragranced ones, as I'm kind of addicted to scent.
I'm a shopper but not a big money/label-y shopper. It makes me a nervous wreck.
I think boarding school does give you an independence.
I don't like doing things by halves, and I realised you can't do stand-up comedy part-time.
Yes... I miss that everyone in Ireland tries to knock some humour out of every situation. I don't think I appreciated that. It's unique to Ireland.
Waiting to be hired, as an actor, especially, is soul-destroying... There is always something you can do... Create something, a play reading... Anything. But don't rely on other people to come to you. Put yourself out there.
Filling a theatre like the Olympia or Vicar Street on your own name is a very rewarding moment.
I can't function if I don't have tea. I don't know whether it's psychological or a real necessity, but I just need it.
With a new baby, you have a bad day now and again because you're particularly tired, but most of the time, you're fine. You spend a lot of your time trying to figure out how you can get more sleep, but really, you're better off just giving up and admitting that you're not going to, so forget about it.
I love motherhood. I certainly wasn't aware of any mothering instincts until I had babies. I wasn't a person who desperately wanted to have kids, but you don't get it until you do it, and, suddenly, this nurturing instinct exists.
I get a good colour in summer but go really pale in winter, and it genuinely doesn't suit me, as people ask me if I'm ill. As well as making me look a bit better, I often have to be tanned in the middle of winter to do a show or programme, so I've road-tested every fake tan on the market.
I could probably die happy with a cheeseboard and a glass of French red wine - that's my idea of a perfect dinner.
Acting is very much an all-or-nothing job.
I kind of flew into a panic that somebody would have already owned the rights, because Christina Noble's life is such a good story. It took us two full years to get Christina to agree and sign the rights.
