“I've always wanted to play a detective. Always loved detective shows, ...” — Ardal O'Hanlon Quote

“I've always wanted to play a detective. Always loved detective shows, right back to 'Columbo', 'The Rockford Files', 'Starsky & Hutch'.”

“My mother tells me I regaled people with stories but I don't remember that. And she disputes the idea that I might be chronically shy. She says I was the most outgoing of all of us.”

“I was genuinely shocked to even be in the frame for a sitcom role on British TV.”

“I saw part of The Singing Detective on TV in New York. I said, Something is going on here.”

“I didn't expect anything crazy to happen from 'True Detective.'”

“I like to consider myself a detective, which is how I justify my obsession with my phone. By nature, since I was a kid, I've always wanted to be a detective, and any portal to information and investigating things I have ever been given access to, I have dived into. With my phone, unfortunately, I have immediate access to everything.”