Brendan O'Carroll
Birthday: 15 September 1955, Dublin, Ireland
Height: 165 cm
Brendan O'Carroll was born on September 15, 1955 in Dublin, Ireland. He is an actor and writer, known for Agnes Browne (1999), Mrs. Brown's Boys (2011) and Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movi ...Show More
For many people, Mrs. Brown has come from the middle of nowhere. But Mrs. Brown was first written fo Show more
For many people, Mrs. Brown has come from the middle of nowhere. But Mrs. Brown was first written for radio. I wrote it for a radio series in 1992. It was a five-minute piece for radio, and it's been absolutely astonishing. Hide
I don't know the secret of Mrs. Brown, but what I do know is that there are things that Mrs. Brown s Show more
I don't know the secret of Mrs. Brown, but what I do know is that there are things that Mrs. Brown says and does that Brendan O'Carroll couldn't get away with. I think maybe it's a leniency that they're with an old woman. It's the old woman thing. I think secretly we all just want to be Joan Rivers. Hide
I can only write what makes me laugh, and what makes me laugh is the comedy I grew up on.
I can only write what makes me laugh, and what makes me laugh is the comedy I grew up on.
If you are writing comedy and try to please everybody, you'll please nobody.
If you are writing comedy and try to please everybody, you'll please nobody.
I miss the comedy of the '70s and '80s, like Only Fools and Horses.... (1981) and Fawlty Towers (197 Show more
I miss the comedy of the '70s and '80s, like Only Fools and Horses.... (1981) and Fawlty Towers (1975), so I'm glad I'm put in that category. Hide
You write what makes you laugh, and you hope that the audience agree, and so far they do.
You write what makes you laugh, and you hope that the audience agree, and so far they do.
I think with Modern Family (2009), you'll struggle to find anything better. It's brilliantly, brilli Show more
I think with Modern Family (2009), you'll struggle to find anything better. It's brilliantly, brilliantly written. Hide
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