Top 49 Quotes by Russell Tovey

My big advert was for ketchup. I come home from school, cook my brother and sister their dinner, ride my bike in the garden. Remember that one? People cried at that advert. It won awards. I was 12.

I'm slightly obsessed with drag queens and performers. Their quips and their one-liners, their style, their singing... I find it fascinating. And thoroughly entertaining. I'd love to play one.

I'm not a controversial person. I'm not trying to polarise people.

I've been so involved with TV shows, I've been unavailable for films, which is my dream.

I love musicals - that's probably one of my most gay traits: that's one of my giveaways!

If I hadn't gone into acting, then I would have perhaps become an animator.

I think it's quite limiting to do a soap.

I get told a lot that I'm kind of carving my own path. That there are not many actors who are out and are able to play straight and gay, and everyone's OK with it.

In New York, the trains run all night, and the cabs are so cheap.

You can be cocky and confident, but when you start developing feelings for someone, suddenly your self-esteem drops a bit.