QUOTES OF THE WEEK
“I am not anti-Aer Lingus. I collect my points with Aer Lingus, that’s how often I fly Aer Lingus! I shop local and I eat Tayto, but you know, it was so much fun to be able to kind of represent, with myself and the boys, we were really, it was brilliant. It was so great having them on.” Saoirse Ronan laughs off negative reaction to her Saturday Night Live Aer Lingus sketch.
“Kathleen was gentle, kind and caring. One particular time, she was sharing a room with another girl in the homeless shelter who had mental health issues. This girl had suicidal thoughts. Kathleen would call me at night and say ‘can you talk to her because she is threatening to throw herself over the bridge?’ She was very upset about it and called me on numerous occasions. So while she was homeless herself, she was still nurturing this girl and mothering her.” Christina Chalmers, founder of Helping Cork’s Homeless, said Kathleen O’Sullivan (43), who was found dead outside the homeless shelter on Cork’s Anderson’s Quay last Wednesday, had a “big heart”.
“It is like pulling on an old sock or an old pair of stiletto boots. I got butterflies from excitement about seeing everyone but not from nerves.” Actress Alison King on returning to Coronation Street as Carla Connor, the underwear factory boss. “Twenty years ago it was kind of a stigma in the US to do television — you were either a film actor or a television actor. Now there’s no border any more, which is great because that’s the way it’s always been in England.” Actress Jessica Lange.
“I came off social media last September and I will never go back on. The more I read about teenage anxiety, the more I think it’s highly unhealthy for people’s mental health.” Star Wars actress Daisy Ridley.
“It was intimidating because Bette was so eccentric in terms of the way she talks, idiosyncratic in the way she does and says everything. She stressed very odd words all the time and she had a very odd walk. How do we make these real women, who were so over the top, seem like real people and not just a caricature? That’s what terrified me. But then, I’m always drawn to things that terrify me.” Actress Susan Sarandon on playing Bette Davis in a new TV drama.
“I can’t bear the thought of being a widow. It’s a scary thing.” Mary Berry, former Great British Bake Off judge.
“I don’t have a vast amount of talent compared to other people. ” Singer Ed Sheeran.
“I’ve been weightlifting. I love it, I’ve never done weights before.” Actress Sheila Hancock, who is 84.