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Anna: Have you resisted the temptation to move to London?
Pauline: Yes and no - I spend at least half of my year there, and sometimes just half the week. I've got very blasé about flying there now. It's worked fine so far. We would record TV To Go on Friday evening, and I'd just get the next place out on Saturday morning. I live with my brother, his wife, their three kids and two cats. I'm at the bottom bunk in the girls' room, and now that they've stopped bedwetting, that's okay!
Tim Westcott: What was your big showbiz break?
Pauline: I did a lot of theatre in Ireland before Father Ted. I suppose that was for 10 years, and I did some TV and film in Ireland. I was very happy with that, my voice over career and everything! I guess the break came crossing the water when Father Ted came up. I wasn't one of those actors to arrive in London waiting for something to turn up. I had a nice wee career in Ireland as well before that!
Pattie: Do you think of yourself as an actress or a comedian?
Pauline: An actress really. I say that because I don't actually do any stand-up. I think it's a rumour that I did - I'd be crap at it! I just feel like I've nothing to say anyway! Well, nothing meaningful... I think because I do a lot of comedy acting, people use the word 'comedian'. I've done some straight stuff too, and it's always nice to show you can use both hands, so I live in hope that someone will come up with a nice straight role for me at least once a year. I've just come back from LA, and I began to lie to people about what I did. Everyone there is an actor, so when people would ask me, I'd say 'I write a bit, I'm a housewife' that sort of thing, I felt like a liar, cos everyone's an actor, and we all want to be in movies. A movie would be lovely. You've got to wait for someone to want to use you.
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