Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Deirdre O'Kane Quotes

I spent seven years in clubs in England, Australia, etc. Not all comedians cross over to sell out in a theatre.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: comedian
Nationality: irish
Birth: 1970

Topics

Theatre Australia Over Years Out

Queen's is one of my favourite tournaments of the year.

Queen Year Favourite Tournaments

You can't control what's going to happen to the book you're about to publish.

Control Book You Happen Going About

Playing a real person, it does add an extra level of thoughtfulness. You're portraying someone who actually existed, so instead of saying, like, 'OK, I think this would make the scene better,' it's more a question of, 'What do I think the real Jeffrey Dahmer would do?'

Saying Think Better Someone You

Shakespeare's language does not require a British accent. It requires a facility with language, and that's all.

Language British Accent Shakespeare

Beautiful? It's all a question of luck. I was born with good legs. As for the rest... beautiful, no. Amusing, yes.

Josephine Baker

Good Beautiful Luck Rest Born Legs

You gotta be able to take criticism if you want to be anything close to great. Even if it's not true. You use that as an advantage for yourself. You can use that negative energy and turn that into an energy that drives you to be something more than you thought you could be. That's one thing I did.

Great Yourself Negative Energy You

I was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to the United States with my family when I was 4. I spent most of my childhood in Chicago. My elementary school had no program in English as a second language, so I was placed in a class for students with speech impediments.

Family Childhood School Language

Cinema builds memories; great films continue to exist in the spectator's mind. We are naturally capable of and prone to nostalgia. A spectator will reconstruct a film he or she has seen, years later, and may even change their original opinion. One critic, for example, once gave the finger to one of my films; later he wrote me to apologize.

Change Memories Great Mind Me She

Not only the Archivist alone but all who work for NARA are designated custodians of America's national memory.

Allen Weinstein

Work Alone Memory America Only Who

It takes a long time to get good at something, so it's important to begin as early as possible so that we can improve and begin to see the compounding benefits of the work over time.

Succeed You Bad Things Happen Kid

There's a lot of young talent. I felt strongly that we wanted somebody with a great football mind who'd make it their mission to succeed. And a coach, likewise. Somebody young, energetic, open.

Great Football Talent Mind Succeed

There are 7 billion people in the world, but there's only one heavyweight champion of the world, and that's me.

People Me World Champion Only

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Deirdre O'Kane