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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Michael Hogan

Aisling Bea: ‘I rebuilt my bathroom around my Bafta’

Aisling Bea by Dean Chalkley for the Observer Magazine
Aisling Bea: ‘Being raised by women, without a classic patriarchal structure, you see no conversational limits.’ Photograph: Dean Chalkley/The Observer

I’m overwhelmed by time. Time blindness, time paralysis, time management, always panicking about time. I’ve got ADHD, so I have an explanation, but no excuse.

The worst mispronunciation of my name I’ve heard is “Siobhan”. That’s true! But I’ve learned to be more chill about Irish names. I’d feel angrier if Irish people en masse understood the etymology of different names from Africa and east Asia.

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