26 Quotes by Julian Ovenden

I don't assume that I am going to be cast as a Glaswegian landlord.

Looking back at those great singers like Gordon MacRae and Howard Keel - they have such a specific kind of style that it seems like we don't really appreciate anymore.

I think I've got better at expressing my emotions. But going through the education system I went through - I don't think you can go to boarding school and come out without feeling a little repressed - yes, it does leave its mark on you.

'Easy listening' is a term that is often used incorrectly.

Acting, musicals, bringing out an album - not many people have done that. Anthony Newley, Barbra Streisand?

It's a crazy - crazy - amount of talent on 'Smash.'

I trained as a singer before I was an actor. I was a kid singer, I went to theater and choir school, and then I got music scholarships throughout my education. And that's what I was going to do. And then I took a left turn and went to drama school and became an actor.

I'm not much of a musical-goer; they don't really appeal to me.

I read recently of the advent of a completely wireless house. Having just moved house and being drowned in billions of cords and cables, that sounds like a great thing to have.