Deirdre O'Kane

The notion that patience is a virtue is something you don't fully appreciate until you're a parent. You need endless patience with little ones.

It wasn't that I left acting; it's just that I put it aside while I set about becoming a comic.

I'm doing my best to be mindful about how I'm living: to be kind and patient, and not to impose a bad mood on somebody else. Being mindful is as good a way to be spiritual as anything else.

I like to undress women - not to dress them. You know, like Manet's 'Olympia' or Helmut Newton's photographs - naked women with shoes. This is what I am trying to do.

One Moment in Time because I think it describes me as a person and how I felt about being on the show.

I'm quite content to spend my life helping young people find themselves. I've had my fill of politics.