Adrian Dunbar

“Anything's possible in 'Line of Duty.'”

“We pay millions of pounds to separate Catholic and Protestant children, and even more millions on attempting to bring them together as adults. You can't make someone fear another person if they shared a desk for seven years.”

“I think the scripts for 'Line of Duty' and 'Blood' are both asking the audience to get involved in speculating as to what is going to happen next, or what should be happening next.”

“Having lived in London since the 1980s, I would have come across, or my friends across, cops who were in the Metropolitan Police who had been in the RUC.”

“There's no doubt that New York held its temptations for any writer - it still does.”

“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.”

“One of the things that's wonderful about having a festival in a small town like Enniskillen is that we don't have lots of purpose-built venues so we have to be creative about where we place events.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“The problem is that in Ireland everybody thinks you have to have a 'take' on something. But if you have a 'take' on something then that's a spoof.”

“In Shakespeare, the moral balances are very fine.”

“I do like the dark, gritty psychological thrillers, but sometimes we need a little respite from that.”

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

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

“People often say Beckett is difficult or bleak, but engaging with it is the most life-affirming, uplifting thing. It's his use of language. The music of the words works on your subconscious. You end up deeply moved but don't know why. That's where the magic lies.”

“I don't know anyone else I could have hooked up with who could have handled me. I've got my woman and she's a very good one.”

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

“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!”

“People believe that forensics these days is the answer to everything and because we believe so ardently that forensics can lead us to the criminal we're also a bit nonplussed when someone gets in there and manipulates forensics to their advantage.”