Quotes from Adrian Dunbar

There were two drama societies in Enniskillen when I was growing up, St. Michaels and the Enniskillen Amateur Dramatic Society, and I had the pleasure of working with them both.

Belfast has many advantages for the filmmakers, one of which is the existence of an airport right in the middle of the city.

Sometimes when working on TV, especially when doing procedural cop work, you can refer to your notes. Your notes, of course, do contain, naturally, all the information you need.

In Shakespeare, the moral balances are very fine.

You have the most amazing Irish actors. Cillian on 'Peaky Blinders.' And the most amazing actress.

I know a lot of actors who have said to me, 'who'd have thought you could put a two-shot on screen for twenty minutes and people would be absolutely locked in, how does that work?' Well it does work, when the story is great and you've got these fabulous twists and turns - so those are my favorite bits!

We don't know what is going to happen with Brexit, it's not going to be good for the North anyway whatever happens. It's not going to be good for Ireland whatever happens. And the problem is we don't know what is going to happen so we can't really prepare so everything is speculation.

I am on a mural in Belfast with 'Floating up the Lagan in a bubble' on it. You know you have made it when you have got a mural.

Myth is sometimes more important than history.

But it needs to be understood that alcoholism is a disease not a lifestyle choice.

When something like 'Line of Duty' happens, your profile is such that you're asked to do different things. I'm careful not to spread myself too thinly or it just goes mad.

I'm not sure about doing 10 takes of running up a flight of stairs, whether I'm really up to that... but I'll definitely have a go!

I think if we had an All-Ireland economy and the North was in the U.K. and in the E.U. that would be very good for the North.

I love going back to Northern Ireland.

The list of unlikely sex symbols is pretty long if you look online.

I'm writing all the time, I never stopped writing.

You hope that some day a part will come along and you can do your stuff and people will go, 'oh that's good.' I just got very lucky.

We need ongoing indigenous products, like 'Blood,' to sell on the international market.

I've always been fascinated by Oscar Wilde.

The variety of my career is amazing and amazingly satisfying.

I love music and hopefully I'll be able to do something with it - I just have to find time to get into the studio and record a few songs.

My mother never once asked me to stay at home, because she knew acting was something I really wanted to do. She was great.

You show me a family, I'll show you dysfunction.

Anything's possible in 'Line of Duty.'