Sharon Horgan Quotes

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• I think that there's an idea in 2016 that if a woman doesn't have it all then she's lacking in some way, and I think that 'having it all' is the kid, the relationship and the career, and that seems horribly skewed. I get genuinely excited when I meet women - or men - who don't want to have children. It's refreshing and unusual and means they're not swayed by what society has told them, they're just listening to their own basic instincts. I love meeting people who are fulfilled by other things. I think, 'lucky old you' when I meet someone single.

  Sharon Horgan

  Children, Mean, Kids

  Source: www.stylist.co.uk

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• I always, always want to make people laugh. In every situation. Even when it's inappropriate.

  Sharon Horgan

  People, Laughing, Want

  "The funniest woman you've never heard of" by Polly Vernon, www.theguardian.com. January 14, 2007.

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• I never used to see anything on TV where the man was in the weaker position. It was always the female showing emotion, breaking down, being emotionally torn apart by men.

  Sharon Horgan

  Men, Female, Torn Apart

  "Sharon Horgan: 'I love making men cry'". Interview With Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2011.

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• Spending way too long worrying about what people think about me is a bad habit.

  Sharon Horgan

  Thinking, Long, People

  "This much I know". Interview With Laura Potter, www.theguardian.com. April 18, 2009.

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• No matter how many frustrations come along, or how many problems arise, I never lose the feeling of how lucky I am. I'm so pleased to be doing a job that makes me laugh every day. I'm aware that it's a huge privilege.

  Sharon Horgan

  Jobs, Frustration, Laughing

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• I'll cry anywhere because I can do it quite subtly. Walking, that's a good time to have a cry.

  Sharon Horgan

  Good Times, Cry, Because I Can

  "Sharon Horgan: 'I love making men cry'". Interview With Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2011.

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• I started writing sketches with Dennis Kelly, who I ended up writing 'Pulling' with. We entered a BBC competition and did quite well, then started writing bits for other people's shows. You wheedle your way in, write pilots and eventually you end up writing a sitcom.

  Sharon Horgan

  Writing, People, Competition

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• Comedians... they're different from actors. There's more ego there. They create the whole thing, I guess, so they're more precious.

  Sharon Horgan

  Ego, Comedian, Different

  "The funniest woman you've never heard of" by Polly Vernon, www.theguardian.com. January 14, 2007.

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• I was the kid who liked making other people laugh, so maybe the comedy came before the acting.

  Sharon Horgan

  Kids, People, Laughing

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• I think the best comedy is tragicomic. Yeah, I suppose if you were to look at everything I've done, there is a bit of a black streak through all of it. It's not deliberate: it's what makes me laugh, and there's a fine tradition of it, especially in Ireland.

  Sharon Horgan

  Thinking, Laughing, Black

  "Sharon Horgan: 'There is a black streak in everything I've done'". Interview With Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. December 15, 2012.

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• I'm a massive scaredy cat. I'm scared of being in a fast car, I'm scared of being on a rollercoaster, I would never go skiing, I would never do anything that had the possibility of endangering my life in any way. I should get some therapy, really.

  Sharon Horgan

  Cat, Car, Way

  "This much I know". Interview with Laura Potter, www.theguardian.com. April 18, 2009.

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• Personally, my twenties were a complete waste of time. Professionally, I hope some good came of them.

  Sharon Horgan

  Twenties, Waste, Wasting Time

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• Hackney gets a bit of a bad rap, but it's the only place I've ever lived that felt like a community. I know my neighbours.

  Sharon Horgan

  Rap, Community, Hackney

  "My East End: Sharon Horgan, actor". Interview With Kathy Sweeney, www.theguardian.com. July 7, 2012.

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• It kind of depresses me when people decide to move away. I get it, you want your kids to have somewhere to roam free or to recreate whatever your sort of childhood ideal was, but my kids are grand. I love LA because lifestyle wise, it's near the beach and mountains and it is great for kids but then it's a city built on an industry that, at the end of the day, is kind of facile.

  Sharon Horgan

  Wise, Beach, Depressing

  Source: www.stylist.co.uk

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• It's always uneven, love; it's unbalanced and it's obviously even worse when it comes to someone wanting to part from someone who isn't willing to. It's often feeling hurt that you've never felt before and you want somebody else to feel that pain and also not wanting to let go, because when you let go you've got to start living your life again and it consumes people.

  Sharon Horgan

  Letting Go, Hurt, Pain

  Source: www.stylist.co.uk

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• Stresses in a marriage and in family life, sometimes they're prompted by whatever is going on in the wider world as well as what's going on behind your door.

  Sharon Horgan

  Stress, World, Sometimes

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Comedy is helping a lot at the moment. It also seems to be getting under Trump's skin and revealing a lot about the kind of thin-skinned fool that he is.

  Sharon Horgan

  Skins, Fool, Helping

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• There are lots of actors, and you need a way to stand out. Writing comedy sketches was a way of doing that.

  Sharon Horgan

  Writing, Needs, Actors

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• I love Sutton House in Clapton, a beautiful example of Tudor architecture.

  Sharon Horgan

  Beautiful, House, Tudors

  "My East End: Sharon Horgan, actor". Interview With Kathy Sweeney, www.theguardian.com. July 7, 2012.

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• I think that's important to women in comedy, that we get a lot of the good lines and you're not just the girlfriend or the sister.

  Sharon Horgan

  Girlfriend, Thinking, Important

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• Comedy and drama are less ageist media for women than stuff like light entertainment. But in TV or film, women have to be more pleasing on the eye than men.

  Sharon Horgan

  Drama, Eye, Men

  "Sharon Horgan: 'There is a black streak in everything I've done'". Interview With Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. December 15, 2012.

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• At 27 or so I thought, you know, I actually do really want to make money and have a proper life, and I don't want to be a loser. I know! I'll go to university and get a proper degree and maybe get a job in media... I went and did an English degree.

  Sharon Horgan

  Jobs, Media, Degrees

  "The funniest woman you've never heard of" by Polly Vernon, www.theguardian.com. January 14, 2007.

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• Any big televised event that starts at the crack of dawn is worth getting up for. I've done it all my life: big boxing matches, royal weddings, even TV-A.M.'s inaugural episode was enjoyed in pyjamas in my house.

  Sharon Horgan

  Royal Wedding, Boxing, House

  "I've devised a game for bland celebrity interviews: swap one star's questions with another's answers" by Sharon Horgan, www.theguardian.com. August 20, 2008.

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• You've only got a short shelf-life as an actor, and I want to make the most of it while I can.

  Sharon Horgan

  Actors, Want, Shelves

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• I've never for a second felt like my job has been more of a struggle because I'm a woman.

  Sharon Horgan

  Jobs, Struggle, Has Beens

  "This much I know". Interview With Laura Potter, www.theguardian.com. April 18, 2009.

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