Adrian Dunbar Quotes

Adrian Dunbar is an Irish actor and director. He has appeared in television series such as "Line of Duty" and "Blood," as well as films like "The Crying Game" and "My Left Foot." Dunbar's performances and his versatility as an actor have made him a recognized figure in the world of acting, particularly in Irish and British productions.

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.

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.

'The Decay Of Lying' is a very interesting treatise. It was actually penned as a dialogue between two characters, Cyril and Vyvyan, both of who were named after Wilde's sons. Wilde goes on to extrapolate art as a science and as a social pleasure, to its most logical and illogical extremes, and it ends up being very funny, indeed.

You have the most amazing Irish actors. Cillian on... -Adrian Dunbar

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

I try and speak out on things that affect where I live in London, and at home in Enniskillen. For instance, I am very keen we get our bypass - the town is completely clogged with traffic and it's one of the most beautiful inland towns in Ireland.

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.

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.

There was a period in my life when alcohol was a good friend. Then there came a point when I realized that it was definitely not a good friend. I haven't had a drink now for many years.

The arts don't care what your background is. They ... -Adrian Dunbar

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

Anything's possible in 'Line of Duty.'... -Adrian Dunbar

Anything's possible in 'Line of Duty.'

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.

Any mother watching her son achieve his dreams sha... -Adrian Dunbar

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

I'd actually love to do comedy. It would be great ... -Adrian Dunbar

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

It's 'Line of Duty' - you can't second-guess anyth... -Adrian Dunbar

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

There are Behan experts in international universities, but we seem to have forgotten him here in Ireland. He was an extraordinarily gifted writer. His poetry alone is outstanding.

I'm over the moon to play an iconic character like Ted Hastings and for my career to be defined by this role - that's a place very few actors get to.

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.

Beckett was the most thorough of playwrights. He tells you what to do and if you've any humility at all, you'll take his advice.

I used to feel sorry for some of the guys who were in 'EastEnders,' who had done something terrible to somebody, and people were shouting at them in the street. I'd think: 'God, I'd hate it if that happened to me.'

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.

The variety of my career is amazing and amazingly ... -Adrian Dunbar

The variety of my career is amazing and amazingly satisfying.

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.

I've been lucky enough to do a tiny bit of Shakesp... -Adrian Dunbar

I've been lucky enough to do a tiny bit of Shakespeare onstage over the years.

We lived in this ghetto during the worst excesses of the Seventies. When the tartan gangs came to wreck our estate, we had to defend it. We were barricaded in with diggers and earth-movers. It wasn't a case of joining the Republican cause, or the IRA - we were fighting for our very existence.

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.

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.

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.

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

I trained to be a theatre actor, I love the live gig, the transference between an audience and a performer.

There's no doubt that New York held its temptation... -Adrian Dunbar

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

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