Well, when you're the youngest of five, parents kind of lose interest more and more through the children. I think my eldest brother was under loads of pressure to do something amazing with his life, but by the time I came around they were like, 'Well, let's hope he doesn't kill a guy.'

For some reason, I find that in the course of my career I've worked with more women than most men have.

I grew up among strong women so I know what it's like to be loved and humiliated in a heartbeat.

I've gone up for loads of jobs in the past that I knew were going to be terrible, and I've done my best, and I still haven't got them. So I think I've been lucky in who's decided I'd be worthy of their time.

I've always been conscious of the fact that there aren't enough Irish voices on British television compared to the amount of Irish people who live there.

I don't think the public here buy this idea that women and men speak different comedic languages.

I'm probably working on three different scripts at any time, so there's never a time where I've got nothing to do.