Sharon Horgan Quotes

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

I'm the person who will go to a wedding and switch the place cards around because I don't want to sit next to someone I don't know, because I'm so bad at chatting to strangers.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

I never felt like I had to rebel against my convent upbringing, because it was comparatively regular.

The thing is, I love a celebrity interview. Doesn't matter how big or how small. It could be Hillary Clinton or the guy who made it to the third round of 'Popstars,' I'll read it.

I'm a sheep when it comes to opinions; I will change my mind and jump on the bandwagon.

You feel you can pretend to be young until you're 50, but after that, what happens and how do you approach it?

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.

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.

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

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