I get up every morning the same as everyone else, and scratch my head and just get on with the job. Whatever that job may be. Ardal O'Hanlon Read Quote
Mum was a teacher before I was born, but never worked after she had kids. She was too busy looking after us and making kedgeree. Ardal O'Hanlon Read Quote
We didn’t have an awful lot of space. There were six of us born within the space of seven or eight years – I was third. I remember sharing a room with one or other of my brothers – at one point we had three single beds in one room. Ardal O'Hanlon Read Quote
As a comic, you are trying to please people in some way – to make them laugh. Ardal O'Hanlon Read Quote
When I was growing up, you never knew whether people were being serious or not. There was a lot of nodding and winking. Ardal O'Hanlon Read Quote
I was quite young when my dad went into politics but, as it went on, I became self-conscious about it. Ardal O'Hanlon Read Quote
There are lots of channels and lots of companies looking for content, as they say, but it’s quite difficult to get things off the ground. Ardal O'Hanlon Read Quote
I have other careers in terms of stand-up, stage acting and writing, so I don’t feel too hidebound by that, but I do quite like playing those warm roles. Ardal O'Hanlon Read Quote
I listen to WTF with Marc Maron, although I’m getting annoyed with him, he’s a bit too intrusive and fawning. But he’s done some great interviews in the past, like with David Simon, the writer of The Wire, and Bruce Springsteen. He gets fantastic guests. I just wish he let them talk more. Ardal O'Hanlon Read Quote
The beauty of stand-up is that it’s very flexible, it’s very malleable and immediate. Whatever is in your head that day you can verbalise in some way that night. It’s the medium that suits me best. Ardal O'Hanlon Read Quote
