--- title: "10 Great Quotes By Adrian Dunbar" description: "10 Great quotes by Adrian Dunbar. Plus more from Adrian Dunbar and more Great sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/adrian-dunbar-5615_belfast_belfast-is-great-1790806_1790806.jpg" --- > [Belfast is great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/belfast-is-great/) [Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/adrian-dunbar-5615_belfast_belfast-is-great-1790806_1790806.jpg) > [My mother never once asked me to stay at home, because she knew acting was something I really wanted to do. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/my-mother-never-once-asked-me-to-stay-at-home-because-she-knew-acting/) [Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9e/adrian-dunbar-5615_acting_my-mother-never-once-asked-me-to-stay-at_708062.jpg) > [I'd actually love to do comedy. It would be great to go to work to get a laugh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/i-d-actually-love-to-do-comedy-it-would-be-great-to-go-to-work-to-get/) [Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/865/adrian-dunbar-5615_comedy_i-d-actually-love-to-do-comedy-it-would_719976.jpg) > [I have been doing stuff for a long time now and you would be in people's consciousness. But when you get something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/i-have-been-doing-stuff-for-a-long-time-now-and-you-would-be-in/) [Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/054/adrian-dunbar-5615_gift_i-have-been-doing-stuff-for-a-long-time_2103859.jpg) > [We're in a golden age for television. TV 25 years ago was slow, plodding , boring. The production values were not great.…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abd/adrian-dunbar-5615_age_we-re-in-a-golden-age-for-television-tv_6512.jpg) > [You don't want to be acting your way towards something. The sense of believability has to be great, so bringing it as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/you-don-t-want-to-be-acting-your-way-towards-something-the-sense-of/) [Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec6/adrian-dunbar-5615_acting_you-don-t-want-to-be-acting-your-way-tow_641560.jpg) > [We were always reminded by our teachers that careers take off at different times. They held up Arthur Lowe as a great…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c56/adrian-dunbar-5615_actor_we-were-always-reminded-by-our-teachers_203139.jpg) > [When I was at drama school some of the teachers, who were very wise, said to me, 'You're going to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/when-i-was-at-drama-school-some-of-the-teachers-who-were-very-wise/) [Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/182/adrian-dunbar-5615_drama_when-i-was-at-drama-school-some-of-the-t_1815996.jpg) > [You've got the armor and everything on, and you think, 'This is going to be great.' Then they give you a sword,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/you-ve-got-the-armor-and-everything-on-and-you-think-this-is-going-to/) [Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/755/adrian-dunbar-5615_bad_you-ve-got-the-armor-and-everything-on-a_1444607.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) ## Other authors on Great ## 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/great/adrian-dunbar/#itemlist", "name": "10 Great Quotes By Adrian Dunbar", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Belfast is great.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Adrian Dunbar" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/belfast-is-great/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/adrian-dunbar-5615_belfast_belfast-is-great-1790806_1790806.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/adrian-dunbar-5615_belfast_belfast-is-great-1790806_1790806.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/adrian-dunbar-5615_belfast_belfast-is-great-1790806_1790806.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Belfast is great.” — Adrian Dunbar", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My mother never once asked me to stay at home, because she knew acting was something I really wanted to do. 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