I think my first girlfriend and I hardly spoke to each other in the year we were going out. In fact we never even spoke to each other to formally break it off. For all I know she still thinks we’re together. Maybe in a parallel universe we’re very happy. Ardal O'Hanlon Read Quote
I think a certain amount of depression is sort of a normal state of mind to have. Deep depression is another story – and I wouldn’t say I’ve been quite there, but you know I have been quite down at times, I have not wanted to leave the house for days on end. Ardal O'Hanlon Read Quote
They were always my favourite scenes working with Don Warrington. He’s such a brilliant actor, he has such a presence, you don’t have to act with him you just react you know he’s so good. Ardal O'Hanlon Read Quote
I think I was always this weird, watchful kind of kid, and there was an awful lot of coming and going in my house as a result of my father being a doctor and then, later, a politician… We’d literally be having to get through the window some days because we couldn’t get in the door. Ardal O'Hanlon Read Quote
I was never ideological in any sense, or a slave to any particular politics or religion. My solace and my inspiration always came from books and literature. Ardal O'Hanlon Read Quote
The big turning point for me was a school debate in sixth year when, against all odds and to everybody’s surprise, I put myself forward… I wrote this funny speech and was determined to do my own thing, and it wasn’t on topic and people were laughing a lot. I really can’t describe how wonderful an experience it was. Ardal O'Hanlon Read Quote
While I loved my family, I would always have this association with my father. I would always be coming up against that conservatism. It was just liberating to be in London. Ardal O'Hanlon Read Quote
I was a terribly quiet, shy child. The comedy thing came when I was at university and I started doing stand-up, which I think was a belated compensation for all that time I spent hiding behind the couch. Ardal O'Hanlon Read Quote
Before really high-pressured gigs I tend to freeze and crawl into bed. Under the covers you just feel safe for a little while. Ardal O'Hanlon Read Quote
