A biography for Dervla Kirwanhasn’t been written yet.
“There is a wealth of fabulous actresses in England.”
“I didn't grow up reading magazines; I was very much in an environment where that would have been deemed trivial, frivolous.”
“I just love being in the middle of nowhere.”
“A lot of first-time mothers worry about how they will cope. But I'm more patient than I thought I would be even though there are good days and bad days.”
“I'd never scan the starters and main courses on a menu in a restaurant as a child. I'd want a dessert for starter, for main course and for dessert.”
“Los Angeles is not going to be a big naive step for me. I know it's tough out there, but I do think there's a place for Irish actors in that market.”
“As a chind in Dublin, I can remember having my plate piled high with four or five vegetables - and I'm convinced to this day that my mother's home cooking helped to ward off illness.”
“Since I was 15 I've lived in fear that I'd never work again.”
“I'm only 5ft 2in so a significant increase in weight is really going to be noticed.”
“I just really wish I'd met my grandfather.”
“I actually thought it was quite nice to feel that I could legitimately take up extra space and not have to apologise for doing so. It goes with the territory and I think you have to embrace your pregnancy otherwise you risk having a terrible time.”
“My Irish identity is important as it's a part of who I am.”
“Getting pregnant proved to be a hell of a shock but it's really exciting.”
“I think if you contribute to a job, and it's repeated and repeated, and sold over the world, and the producers are making millions, you should benefit from it.”
“The thing that strikes a chord with me... as a mother... is to think of my 17-year-old son fighting would be just terrifying.”
“It does annoy me when I walk into a room and there are six men over the age of 40 with, let's just say, a major gut problem, and they're saying 'hang on there Dervla, don't eat your chocolate cake at dessert.'”
“I want to interact creatively with the directors I work with - it's a thrilling way to work.”
“A lot of actresses say they are 24 when they are 34 but I find that ridiculous. I wish we didn't succumb to the youth-is-all ideology in this industry, because there is a huge audience out there who want to relate to characters of their own age played by actors of their own age.”
“I feel better now at 38 then I did when I was 17. But then, when I was 17 I did have the attitude of a 40 year-old.”
“I know that people in the public eye are always being chipped away at by very cynical attitudes in the press.”