I admire Pat Shortt as a businessman. Such acumen is unusual for an entertainer. He did all his own deals. I learnt a lot from Pat when I was on the road with him for a year.
Filling a theatre like the Olympia or Vicar Street on your own name is a very rewarding moment.
Many's the audition I waltzed into unprepared and wondered why I didn't get it. I learned the hard way.
Growing up, I was your classic Catholic Irish kid. I went to mass every Sunday. Then in secondary school I went to boarding school, and there was mass seven days a week before breakfast - it may have put me off!
With a new baby, you have a bad day now and again because you're particularly tired, but most of the time, you're fine. You spend a lot of your time trying to figure out how you can get more sleep, but really, you're better off just giving up and admitting that you're not going to, so forget about it.
I don't like doing things by halves, and I realised you can't do stand-up comedy part-time.
