Top 80 Quotes & Sayings by Dervla Kirwan - Page 2

At first I didn't want to get involved with another actor. But Rupert is a lovely man who is clearly a great dad.

My Irish identity is important as it's a part of who I am.

I'm only 5ft 2in so a significant increase in weight is really going to be noticed.

Yoga is great for easing my back pain. It also helps me keep stress at bay, which is something I can suffer from.

I really want to get into feature films.

I think if you contribute to a job, and it's repeated and repeated, and sold over the world, and the producers are making millions, you should benefit from it.

Twenty or 30 years ago, certainly when my mother was my age, I'm sure she felt things were pretty over for her. You had your kids when you were 20. You brought them up. They left home. Then what do you do? While I feel genuinely optimistic. Well, I have no other choice.

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.

The thing that strikes a chord with me... as a mother... is to think of my 17-year-old son fighting would be just terrifying.

I was a product of the late '70s and early '80s, so when we think of how we're so protective of our kids now, it's sad in a way. I guess what I'm trying to say is that we limit the development of our kids in a way.

I just really wish I'd met my grandfather.

I know that people in the public eye are always being chipped away at by very cynical attitudes in the press.

When growing up, there were never any conversations about the past, because if you don't ask the questions, you never get the answers.

I moved to London when I was 18 to develop my acting career, but I still love going home to Ireland to recharge my batteries.

As a chind in Dublin, I can remember having my plate piled high with four or five vegetables - and I'm convinced to this day that my mother's home cooking helped to ward off illness.

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.

There is a wealth of fabulous actresses in England.

When I was about nine, I was rushed to hospital to have my appendix removed. Like any child, I was more concerned about missing out on having fun with my friends than my health.

I used to be nervous about not working and so would work for the sake of it.

I actually thought it was quite nice to feel that I could legitimately take up extra space and not have to apologise for doing so. It goes with the territory and I think you have to embrace your pregnancy otherwise you risk having a terrible time.