#08feb20

People always say, ‘You never lose your accent’. You only lose your accent if you want to. You know, if you’re trying to pretend to be someone else and fit in another circumstance you lose your accent! Or people ask me ‘How are you always so down to earth?’ and all that. There’s an Irishness to it, you know? We’re a lot more down to earth. You always hear people saying to me, ‘I love Ireland. Everyone’s so nice and so welcoming and hospitable and I love going there’. So maybe I’ve just brought that with me. When I was brought up we didn’t really have much money, we weren’t broke, but we didn’t have much money and neither of my parents were ever extravagant at all. I wouldn’t say I was tight, but I’m definitely not extravagant. I don’t really have luxuries like that. I’m not big into cars, I’m not like some property mogul!