Quotes from Adrian Dunbar

The 'Mother of God' stuff comes from my dad who used to use that all the time. He would say, 'Mother of God' all the time. He used to just say 'Mother' and we know what he meant.

It's 'Line of Duty' - you can't second-guess anything!

I have to learn sometimes 25 pages at a time. The takes can last 20 minutes - we do big, long takes. You always hope that you get a couple of days in between so you can learn the next one because you can't keep everything in your head at the one time.

You really can't pigeon hole yourself into one particular artistic area any more; the days of one vocation in the arts have long gone.

Belfast is great.

The arts don't care what your background is. They belong to everyone.

Integrated education should be the norm - I'm passionate about that.

There was a big thing in the Behan family of achieving and wanting to be something special. There was a big drive in the family, even though it was poor and working class, to do something important, to contribute something to Irish culture. He certainly achieved that in a spectacular way.

I try to get out to The Skelligs, and people will know The Skelligs from 'Star Wars' and so forth, but they really are the most incredible monastic settlement on this island off the south coast, the Kerry coast.

I am absolutely an Ulsterman and I am reminded of that everywhere I go. I can't shake that in Dublin and I can't shake that in London - they are wary of us in both capitals.

You don't want to alienate your audiences, so you have to be careful but yet you have to be true enough to what you believe.

People sometimes forget that alcohol is a chemical. It can change how you think. It was making me into a glass-half-empty person.

'Line of Duty' does seem to be a bit old school as in people are happy to watch it, talk about it, wait for the next episode, and get back on it.

Any mother watching her son achieve his dreams shares that success at some level.

Shakespeare was very political, but he was also a fabulous entertainer. That's where his genius comes in as a playwright.

I'd actually love to do comedy. It would be great to go to work to get a laugh.

Because of 'Line Of Duty's proper adherence to police procedure, by definition we end up doing some very long interrogation scenes which are difficult to learn, and require lots of concentration to sustain them across shooting.

I've been sweating away for 30 years - then I became Hastings.

There are so many police series that we all end up playing a cop of one hue or another eventually.

Kurt Vonnegut talks about how we know there is another family out there and when we find it we get this almost instinctive sense of belonging. And that is how I felt in Enniskillen in 1977 when I realized there were these people of all ages, whatever their religion, from different backgrounds, who were bound together by a love of plays and acting.

The Frank Matcham theaters in the West End in particular are incredible pieces of architecture.

When they see you on the street, I was at the bottom of Highgate West Hill the other day and the police came down the hill with blue lights and screeched to a halt and went, 'Oi, 'Line Of Duty!'

Comedy is essentially about watching a bunch of people who you really love lose their dignity.

It was a fabulous time, doing 'Hear My Song.'