--- title: "4 Fabulous Quotes By Adrian Dunbar" description: "4 Fabulous quotes by Adrian Dunbar. Plus more from Adrian Dunbar and more Fabulous sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/840/adrian-dunbar-5615_actors_i-know-a-lot-of-actors-who-have-said-to_491755.jpg" --- > [I know a lot of actors who have said to me, 'who'd have thought you could put a two-shot on screen for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/i-know-a-lot-of-actors-who-have-said-to-me-who-d-have-thought-you/) [Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/840/adrian-dunbar-5615_actors_i-know-a-lot-of-actors-who-have-said-to_491755.jpg) > [I think sometimes we do miss what a fabulous playwright Brian Friel is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/i-think-sometimes-we-do-miss-what-a-fabulous-playwright-brian-friel-is/) [Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1da/adrian-dunbar-5615_fabulous_i-think-sometimes-we-do-miss-what-a-fabu_1023792.jpg) > [Shakespeare was very political, but he was also a fabulous entertainer. That's where his genius comes in as a playwright.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/shakespeare-was-very-political-but-he-was-also-a-fabulous-entertainer/) [Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a55/adrian-dunbar-5615_fabulous_shakespeare-was-very-political-but-he-wa_1742019.jpg) > [It was a fabulous time, doing 'Hear My Song.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/it-was-a-fabulous-time-doing-hear-my-song/) [Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d6/adrian-dunbar-5615_doing_it-was-a-fabulous-time-doing-hear-my-son_3171201.jpg) ## Other authors on Fabulous - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-marianne-williamson-63745.jpg) Marianne Williamson 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fabulous/marianne-williamson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-viola-davis-93837.jpg) Viola Davis 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fabulous/viola-davis/) - [Mandy Hale 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fabulous/mandy-hale/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-christian-siriano-23734.jpg) Christian Siriano 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fabulous/christian-siriano/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cassandra-clare-21529.jpg) Cassandra Clare 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fabulous/cassandra-clare/) ## More by Adrian Dunbar > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/we-re-in-a-golden-age-for-television-tv-25-years-ago-was-slow/) [Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/) > [Any mother watching her son achieve his dreams shares that success at some level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/any-mother-watching-her-son-achieve-his-dreams-shares-that-success-at/) [Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/i-m-not-sure-about-doing-10-takes-of-running-up-a-flight-of-stairs/) [Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/the-mother-of-god-stuff-comes-from-my-dad-who-used-to-use-that-all/) [Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/) > [We were always reminded by our teachers that careers take off at different times. They held up Arthur Lowe as a great example of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/we-were-always-reminded-by-our-teachers-that-careers-take-off-at/) [Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/you-really-can-t-pigeon-hole-yourself-into-one-particular-artistic/) [Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/) > [In Shakespeare, the moral balances are very fine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/in-shakespeare-the-moral-balances-are-very-fine/) [Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/) > [Myth is sometimes more important than history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/myth-is-sometimes-more-important-than-history/) [Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/i-was-really-proud-of-the-response-to-the-first-series-of-blood-right/) [Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/) > [The Frank Matcham theaters in the West End in particular are incredible pieces of architecture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/the-frank-matcham-theaters-in-the-west-end-in-particular-are/) [Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/) > [There was a big thing in the Behan family of achieving and wanting to be something special. There was a big drive in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/there-was-a-big-thing-in-the-behan-family-of-achieving-and-wanting-to/) [Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/i-think-if-we-had-an-all-ireland-economy-and-the-north-was-in-the-u-k/) [Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/i-know-a-lot-of-actors-who-have-said-to-me-who-d-have-thought-you/) [Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/people-often-say-beckett-is-difficult-or-bleak-but-engaging-with-it/) [Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/) > [There was a period in my life when alcohol was a good friend. Then there came a point when I realized that it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/there-was-a-period-in-my-life-when-alcohol-was-a-good-friend-then/) [Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fabulous/adrian-dunbar/#itemlist", "name": "4 Fabulous Quotes By Adrian Dunbar", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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?' 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