I no longer have a Maserati - I now have children and a wife. — Alexander Armstrong Children Copy Share Image
I am very shy with people I don't know. I'm positively awkward. — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
Sherlock' is brilliant television. It has completely reinvented British drama, and upped the stakes for home-grown shows. — Alexander Armstrong Brilliant Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I've always been a keen waker-upper. I very quickly get bored just lying in bed. — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
I was teased at school for having a posh voice even though there was nothing posh about us. — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
I follow politics avidly. I like sensible people of all political persuasions. My ideal political party would be a pick and mix. — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
I love doing children's TV. You get such extraordinarily positive feedback from your audience too. — Alexander Armstrong Children Copy Share Image
I'm dementedly optimistic, and whoever I'm with usually feels they have to balance my more wayward optimism. — Alexander Armstrong Balance Copy Share Image
I am going a bit deaf and I am hoping that technology is going to come on leaps and bounds and that… — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
I don't know about scared, but 'Chernobyl' definitely made me deeply uncomfortable. Almost addictively uncomfortable: don't know what that says about me.… — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
I always think that in nearly every instance things that turn ugly, they almost invariably do so because of a misunderstanding, or… — Alexander Armstrong Communication Copy Share Image
The problem is you have people who are keenly aware of what their time span is. Governments work towards the next election;… — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
Alpacas are much more biddable creatures. Llamas are horrible. As a species, it's probably for the best that they're wary of us.… — Alexander Armstrong Animal Copy Share Image
The minute you watch your voice back with its proper animated character saying the words, that's when you learn exactly what you… — Alexander Armstrong Character Copy Share Image
I would slap a tax on plastic to encourage people to use more biodegradable things. I would also like teachers, vicars and… — Alexander Armstrong Biodegradable Copy Share Image
Well I am breaking the omerta and telling the world about how the Arctic is surprisingly full of bustling conurbations and comfy… — Alexander Armstrong Arctic Copy Share Image
Our main house is in the country, all our stuff is in the country, and that's home, though the boys, who are… — Alexander Armstrong Country Copy Share Image
The BBC is a brilliant, infuriating, delightful cornerstone of our culture but it drives me round the twist. I will never forgive… — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
It makes me cross that no one takes great pride in doing a good job. It's so rare to find someone who… — Alexander Armstrong Doing good Copy Share Image
I ended up at Durham School, which was lovely, then Trinity College Cambridge. — Alexander Armstrong Cambridge Copy Share Image
In the olden days you cut your teeth on the northern club circuit. I've cut mine on the southern black-tie circuit. — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
I'm staggered when I look back at how, when I got to Cambridge, I didn't know anything of the world. — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
Actually, I've been doing stand-up on the quiet for the last 15 years, in the form of corporate gigs. — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
Andy Parsons was always very funny. He was in a double act with a guy called Henry Naylor. Dan Mazer was always… — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
I would love to think I'd inherited my father's patience. He's a man who achieves a great deal through gentleness. — Alexander Armstrong Father Copy Share Image
Why should your background be held against you? It is so short-sighted. — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
I'd take lying by the pool doing nothing over aimlessly wandering the streets clutching a guidebook. — Alexander Armstrong Lying Copy Share Image
There are plenty of reasons for disliking people, but this tribal aversion to anyone with a posh voice is very boring. — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
I have a horrible capacity to be unctuous to people I want to impress. — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
I was going to say that Mark Gattis is an unsung TV hero - but he's beginning to be sung like he… — Alexander Armstrong Beginning Copy Share Image
I lived on a barge for the first six months, with a cousin. Then on the floor of a friend's house. — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
I'm a bit of a floating voter actually - I've voted for all parties. — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
I've been to Venice, Rome, and Dubrovnik, but none of them come close to Edinburgh. — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
I draw great comfort from remoteness and wildness. I suppose that is why I have always felt the lure of the Arctic… — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
Genuine talent does shine through but, in my experience, ambition will get you much further than pure talent. — Alexander Armstrong Ambition Copy Share Image
