Alexander Armstrong Quotes

Alexander Armstrong

Profession : Actor

Birth : March 2, 1970

I always have my lunch watching Tim Wonnacott doing 'Bargain Hunt'. I get quite twitchy if it's not on for whatever reason.

Alexander Armstrong

My dad's a doctor. So when we were little, at our family Christmases, we'd always have a couple of his elderly patients over for lunch.

Alexander Armstrong

I draw great comfort from remoteness and wildness. I suppose that is why I have always felt the lure of the Arctic so acutely.

Alexander Armstrong

The Arctic as a lesser-known region of the world was the ideal destination - beautiful, mysterious, lethal, enchanting and, crucially, populated with extraordinary death-defying communities who somehow manage to thrive there.

Alexander Armstrong

The problem is you have people who are keenly aware of what their time span is. Governments work towards the next election; BBC governors work for their time there. You have extraordinary regimes that run at the BBC and different people have different outlooks.

Alexander Armstrong

The BBC is a brilliant, infuriating, delightful cornerstone of our culture but it drives me round the twist. I will never forgive them for selling off BBC Centre. It's probably the best studio facility in Europe, possibly the world, and it's being sold off for flats and a luxury hotel.

Alexander Armstrong

There was a period in the Nineties when the BBC wanted to act as if it was a trendy Soho independent. They broke up all sorts of things and got people to work as freelancers who had previously been BBC employees. It corroded a sort of esprit de corps, I think.

Alexander Armstrong

I'd love a rule to be introduced that you can only ring up and complain about a programme if you can prove you've watched the whole programme.

Alexander Armstrong

For years we've had all the big-hitting HBO box-set dramas, all these brilliant, witty, clever shows, and in return the only thing we've had to offer is big period dramas like 'Downton Abbey'.

Alexander Armstrong

Sherlock' is brilliant television. It has completely reinvented British drama, and upped the stakes for home-grown shows.

Alexander Armstrong

I was going to say that Mark Gattis is an unsung TV hero - but he's beginning to be sung like he should be.

Alexander Armstrong