Adrian Dunbar

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

“We're in a golden age for television. TV 25 years ago was slow, plodding , boring. The production values were not great. Today it's so much better. People get really invested it.”

“I think sometimes we do miss what a fabulous playwright Brian Friel is.”

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

“I was really proud of the response to the first series of 'Blood.' Right from the get-go I knew it was a really good yarn and that it would have a chance if we got it right.”

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

“You've got the armor and everything on, and you think, 'This is going to be great.' Then they give you a sword, and you think, 'Ah, it's not too bad.' And after 10 minutes you're thinking, 'Please, I can't be doing this all day.' I mean, I really don't know how people sustained themselves in real battles.”

“I think 'Blood' is honest about the dysfunction of family life and Jim will have to get to the bottom of secrets being kept from him.”

“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've always been fascinated by Oscar Wilde.”

“The first time I stepped on stage in the local theatre I knew what I needed to do - I knew I had found the right place to be.”

“It would help a lot of directors if they tried a little bit of acting, so they can understand what the process is about. It certainly wouldn't do them any harm.”

“When I was at drama school some of the teachers, who were very wise, said to me, 'You're going to be a great actor in your 50s. Now, you're not malleable enough. You're doing one thing well but you need to loosen up a bit.' That happens to actors. You learn more about it and hopefully you get better at it as you get older.”

“Ted Hastings is the guy you would hope would be part of the police. He's got his problems, but is relentless in the pursuit of the truth.”

“Of course, that is true of a lot of people, whether they drink or not - celebrities or actors have an image they've created, and an image people like of them.”

“Portadown was the most marginalized of all the Nationalist communities in the North. Suddenly we were living in a town where, if you were Catholic, you literally couldn't walk up the street without getting into some kind of conflict.”

“Actors are like race horses. They like to run - they don't like to be hanging about.”

“It's much better as an actor if you can bring as much of yourself as possible to a character.”

“I'd love to do something funny. Our work often deals with tough subjects. You do your research and it can be quite dark. So after all these years of drama, I'd like to go to work someday with the sole intention of making people laugh.”

“My father was a foreman on building sites and he was really good at getting a day's work out of fellas. And he did it without being a tyrant. He was a good guy.”