I pray. I try to find space to process with a walk on the beach, a hike in the hills. Nature is restorative. I also try not to overreact. I grew up in Ireland, and we are big tea drinkers, and I think it’s less about the tea itself and more about the ritual and the moment to prepare.

— Roma Downey

Roma Downey Quotes

I grew up in Ireland, and the ocean was never more than an arm’s length away. As lovely as the mountains are and as friendly as the people of Utah are, I feel a bit landlocked here.

— Roma Downey

People are hungry for stories of faith. People are hungry for hope.

— Roma Downey
About Stories

Between stimulus and response, there is a space, and when you take time to pray or make a cuppa, you don’t have to live in reaction to a situation.

— Roma Downey

I think Operation Smile is in more than 22 countries, mostly Third World. It just happened that my schedule opened up at the time they were heading to Vietnam.

— Roma Downey

If I can steal away and read something other than what I have to for my work, it’s restorative.

— Roma Downey

I was reading through endless junk scripts that were being sent my way. Typically the roles were to play his wife or his girlfriend – leading roles for women were few and far between.

— Roma Downey
Reading

I’m the youngest of six children; both of my sisters are housewives and they each have four kids.

— Roma Downey

I also know how to ask people for money and I have no shame about doing that.

— Roma Downey

Jessica Simpson is the youth ambassador for Operation Smile, and an episode of The Apprentice featured a team managing a charity concert she put on. Donald Trump came on stage and pledged a donation.

— Roma Downey

I have been a spokesperson for Operation Smile for twenty years helping children with facial deformities. I also have worked with a children’s mission called Compassion International. Both are doing amazing work for the children of the world.

— Roma Downey

Having played an angel for so long, you can imagine that I’ve been asked to endorse any number of causes over the years. Obviously I have to limit my participation with any charity, so I decided to really concentrate on my love of children.

— Roma Downey

I lost my mother when I was very young, and my father when I was in college.

— Roma Downey

I love to be by the ocean and have always done my best thinking by the sea. The ebb and flow is like a brain massage and very calming. I am also inspired by seeing kindness in others. It touches me and reminds me to be kind as well.

— Roma Downey

I have a home in Salt Lake, and I have a home in Malibu, at the beach.

— Roma Downey

Catholics Come Home inspires each of us to share God’s love with others, in order to help change the world for the better, for eternity!

— Roma Downey

What is free time? I’m a single mother. My free moments are filled with loving my little girl.

— Roma Downey

It is tradition in Ireland that you’re given money for your first communion.

— Roma Downey

I have the soul of a singer and do splendidly in the shower but the world will never hear it. Basically, I’m the only Irish person who can’t carry a tune.

— Roma Downey

A smile costs about $240.

— Roma Downey

I pray. I try to find space to process with a walk on the beach, a hike in the hills. Nature is restorative. I also try not to overreact. I grew up in Ireland, and we are big tea drinkers, and I think it’s less about the tea itself and more about the ritual and the moment to prepare.

— Roma Downey
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