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Sharon Horgan Biography

Sharon Lorencia Horgan (born 13 July 1970) is an Irish actress, writer, and producer, based in London. She is known for the comedy series Pulling and Catastrophe, both of which she starred in and co-wrote.

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

Kid, Kids, Laughing, Making, People

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.

Felt, Hurt, Letting Go, Pain, People, Start

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

Actor, Actors, Make, Shelves, Short, Want

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.

Fool, Helping, Kind, Moment, Skins

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

Bad, Long, People, Spending, Thinking

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.

Black, Done, Fine, Laughing, Thinking, Tradition

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

Inappropriate, Laughing, Make, People, Want

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.

Boxing, Dawn, House, Royal Wedding, Starts, Weddings

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.

Degrees, Job, Jobs, Life, Maybe, Media

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.

Door, Marriage, Prompted, Sometimes, Stress, World

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.

Car, Cat, Endangering, Fast, Scaredy, Way

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

Change, Jump, Mind, Opinion, Opinions, Sheep

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

Comparatively, Convent, Felt, Rebel, Regular, Upbringing

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.

Cards, Chatting, Next, Sit, Want, Wedding

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

Anywhere, Because I Can, Cry, Good Times, Subtly, Time

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.

Apart, Female, Men, Torn Apart, Used

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

Approach, Feels, Pretend, Young

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.

Away, Beach, Depressing, Lifestyle, Roam, Wise

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

Actors, Comedy, Needs, Way, Writing

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.

Competition, People, Shows, Way, Write, Writing

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