Actor

When they see you on the street, I was at the bottom of Highgate West Hill the other day and the police came down the hill with blue lights and screeched to a halt and went, 'Oi, 'Line Of Duty!'

I would hope that the Government would still support those small, struggling independent theatre companies and also maybe look to the built architecture of the theaters because we can't let them get into disrepair. They are part of the fabric of the country.

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.

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.

Integrated education should be the norm - I'm passionate about that.

I love music and hopefully I'll be able to do something with it - I just have to find time to get into the studio and record a few songs.

But the older I get, the more I like my father and understand him. I was the first-born and he was very proud of me but he never was able to tell me that.

Comedy is essentially about watching a bunch of people who you really love lose their dignity.

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.

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

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've always been fascinated by Oscar Wilde.

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.

I've always been fascinated by Oscar Wilde.

People sometimes forget that alcohol is a chemical. It can change how you think. It was making me into a glass-half-empty person.

Yes, I did have a band for two or three years. They were called Adie and the Jonahs.

'Line of Duty' does seem to be a bit old school as in people are happy to watch it, talk about it, wait for the next episode, and get back on it.

I have to learn sometimes 25 pages at a time. The takes can last 20 minutes - we do big, long takes. You always hope that you get a couple of days in between so you can learn the next one because you can't keep everything in your head at the one time.

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.

We need ongoing indigenous products, like 'Blood,' to sell on the international market.