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 Read Quote
I trained in London as a classical actor, but you’ve no idea what way your career will go. Aisling Bea Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Getting a laugh was what I’d been doing with my family and at school since the age of three. Aisling Bea Read Quote
I grew up in rural Ireland; we only had a few TV channels and had never even heard of sketch shows, but it was completely natural for me to tell jokes and stories. Aisling Bea Read Quote
When I’m in L.A., I’m part of the Irish community out there, and I just love it. Aisling Bea Read Quote
Some people admire the aspirational rock star figures whose biopics make it to TV, the people they watched as kids and made them want to play football for England. For some comics, it is often the Doug Stanhopes and the Joan Rivers. Aisling Bea Read Quote