Colin O'Donoghue: You're Only Done When You Quit

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Colin O’Donoghue had his light bulb moment in Drogheda when he got roped into performing youth theatre. Today he confides in Jarlath that the craving for more work, more projects, more challenges has never changed since. The star of such global hits as Once Upon A Time, The Rite and The Right Stuff, Colin speaks for the first time about how close he came to quitting the business completely. Jarlath gets into what kept him going through these difficult times and the projects that would soon follow including one with the legend Dolly Parton. Together Colin and Jarlath examine his most challenging ties to date for Disney. There’s even the startling account of the time Colin witnessed an exorcism and the brilliant moment he realised that Sir Anthony Hopkins was actually really sound. Jar also makes a big announcement about how standup special Notions Eleven. To hear every episode in full and to gain access to the entire back-catalogue of over 400 Irishman Abroad episodes that are not available on iTunes for just the price of a pint every month visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad Our charity partner is jigsawonline.ie. In these tricky times, Jigsaw provides a range of resources, advice and care for your people to help them strengthen their mental health and the skills needed to navigate life. Please visit their website and consider making a donation. For updates on future episodes and live shows follow @jarlath on Twitter, visit www.jigser.com or email the show directly on [email protected]. Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of an Irishman abroad with me, Jarlath Riegan.
0:06.5	Well, my big news this week is that Notions 11, my first stand-up special recorded at Vicker
0:12.5	Street on March 6th just before the pandemic hit, is now available to stream globally on the RTE
0:20.8	International Player.
0:21.9	Wherever you are in the world, you can watch this hour of stand-up comedy for free.
0:27.5	And all you need is the RTE player app on your phone, smart TV or tablet.
0:33.1	Sit down, we all need a laugh in these crazy days.
0:36.1	On Friday night, I had Darrow,
0:37.7	Brin, Zoe Lines, Joe Wilkinson and Lost Voice Guy at the Return of the Crack Comedy Club
0:42.3	and that was an absolute tonic. So if you need a bit of laughter in your life, give it a try.
0:46.6	Notions 11, my brand new stand-up special, now streaming for free for the first time globally
0:52.8	on the RTE player wherever you are in the world.
0:57.0	Well, Khaled O'Donohue is a man that has traveled the world.
1:01.0	He's currently the star of a brilliant new Disney Plus series, The Right Stuff.
1:06.0	It tells the story of the first NASA astronauts and he plays Gordon Cooper. It's an incredible story,
1:13.1	incredible character and just beautifully done down to the finest details. You probably know,
1:18.7	you probably know Colin though, from Once Upon a Time or the Right, the movie that he
1:25.0	starred in opposite Anthony Hopkins that really broke him out into the world.
1:30.0	And I guess the story that we cover here today is how we got there, how that all came to be.
1:35.9	And the years that led to it, the years after, the difficult times that he had along the way,
1:41.8	and the near misses, the close calls, the tryouts, the auditions that didn't along the way and the near misses the close calls the tryouts the auditions
1:46.3	that didn't go his way nearly went his way and then landing on once upon a time the comfort in the
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