Julian Ovenden
Julian Ovenden
Julian Mark Ovendenis an English stage, television and film actor and singer. He has starred on Broadway and in the West End, in television series in both the UK and US, as well as having an international career as a concert and recording artist...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth29 November 1976
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I download TV shows more and more, especially from the U.S.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Acting, musicals, bringing out an album - not many people have done that. Anthony Newley, Barbra Streisand?
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I think competitiveness between two people is still relevant, and the battle of the sexes still intrigues.
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I still buy CDs and DVDs, but generally for more obscure material.
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There are lots of good directors I would like to work with; I want to be inspired and challenged by them.
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I think it's kind of nice, in this day and age of instant gratification, that you have to wait for something.
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It's quite an interesting time, the '20s, because the politics of England were changing quite a lot, and the class structure was starting to shift a little.
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It seems like pop singing has sort of influenced musical theatre in so many ways - you could argue good or bad, really - and musical theatre is written for that style so often, which is a completely different style.
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I feel that doing theater does give you a good grounding to work on camera. The audience is the lens.
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I download TV shows more and more, especially from the U.S.