Deirdre O'Kane Quotes

Growing up, the last thing I ever thought I'd do is be an entertainer.

I just wanted to be in show business. I didn't care if I was going to be an actor or a magician or what. Comedy was a point of the least resistance, really. And on the simplest level, I loved comedy.

I was acting for years before the band, so I would like to get into that again.

I definitely want to continue acting and performing.

When I was younger, acting, singing, and dancing was what it was all about.

I had started out my grown-up life in New York City, but I couldn't figure out how to be an actor there. And so I had been a magazine illustrator instead.

I always thought it'd be cool to portray these certain things, make people feel a certain way. I was kind of fascinated with that, but I wasn't the type to do acting school or theater. I didn't have the best views of Hollywood, so it wasn't something that I was going to try and pursue.

When I was doing engineering, one day I thought that I want to be an actor, and apart from acting, I want to produce also.

I took a break from doing music to concentrate on acting.

I am going to branch out to acting and do more modeling.

I had always planned to be an actor, and the music was just in my DNA, it's always been.

When I was in my teens, I thought, 'Would I like to try and work hard at being an actor, or do I want to work hard at doing something musical?' Acting won out, but I do really enjoy those moments where I get to just belt something out.

I went to film school at Columbia and did that for a couple years, and really thought I was going to be a filmmaker, and then I kind of drifted over to the acting side after that.

I started playing violin when I was six, so I thought I could be a professional. It wasn't until I was 15 when I got into acting classes and realized this was what I wanted to do.

I've always wanted to be a singer and an actor. I will continue to concentrate on both because I love both.

I would like to continue acting. But also - if this is a dream world where everything could become true - I'd want to be a ballerina.

I will always do stand-up, even if my acting career takes off. Stand-up is my life.

I mostly did musicals and concerts when I was younger, and then I realized I don't quite have the voice for it, so I went into acting, which I enjoy more.

I was in a band till I was about 17; then I went to television, and I spent seven years doing that. When I came to Seattle, I started to audition for things. The passion's always there, and that's what's been the hard thing: to fit that passion into a normal life. You can't do it. You can't have a normal life and pursue this dream.

I want to be an all round entertainer, I want to act, make films, make albums, do whatever I can.

But we were doing plays and movies which I had nothing to do with other than being a producer, and I don't have that kind of interest or time any more.

My mom and dad were actors when they were younger and had a horrible experience of it. My dad became a literary agent and my mom a casting director.

I couldn't stand still at a desk for another year. I wanted to go out there and make films.

I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.

When I was doing 'Neighbours,' I was aiming to go to university, then go to med school, but I realised I could make a better living from acting.