Alexander Hanson Quotes

I'm a career actor. And I question this constant reliance on TV fame and celebrity.

Often you get wonderful singers who maybe aren't as strong as actors, or you get wonderful actors who can't sing very well.

There are times when I think, if I were a bit more famous, life could be easier in terms of work because producers want bums on seats, and they're going to get bums on seats if they get a name, if you have had that series on telly.

'The Sound of Music' is set in 1938 in Austria at the time of the Anschluss.

I studied at Guildhall and did the acting course, but because I could sing a bit, I kept being cast in musicals.

I quite like being under the radar.

Although I don't know Oslo at all, there is something about the feel or the smell of the place that feels like home, which is quite interesting.

I'm a huge Rugby Union fan, which is a bit like American football - but tougher.

Once you become famous, you can't become unfamous. You can become a failure.

I do chat to my mother in Norwegian, particularly when we want a secret conversation. It is useful that way.