Anton du Beke Quotes
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As soon as I left school at 16, I worked in a factory making aircraft components.
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Ballroom is two people dancing together to music, touching in perfect harmony.
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The thing about me is that I love variety. I like to try new things, and I don't want to be pinned back.
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My favourite dance is the Foxtrot. It's a proper dance with proper music. It has class.
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I look better with a tan, but I've never gone the fake route. I don't need to - I have good foreign genes: half Spanish, half Hungarian.
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Bruce Forsyth is my hero, and the thought that I'd be in a TV show with him was incredible.
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I'm happy to dance with anyone, to be honest. I've had some great partners, who have all been talented. But not all of them at dancing.
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I don't get grumpy at a 'Strictly' level, you understand. We're just making a television show - the person I'm dancing with can't dance; they're doing their best, and we're not going to win the World Championships.
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I don't mind how good or bad my partner is, as long as we have a lovely time.
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I don't like the Samba; it's nonsense. With a lot of these Latin dances I can't really understand what they're all about. I like the Rumba and the Paso Doble but the others I could take or leave.
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Frank Sinatra was a great singer, but my favourite is Sammy Davis Jr. He had incredible versatility in his voice, often doing impressions of people. It's always going to be classic, and you'll never get bored listening.
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The Ritz in London has an old-fashioned charm, with waiters wearing tails and white gloves. The dining room is exquisite, with immaculate service and ornate details.
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You can't talk about yourself in the third party - that makes you a lunatic!
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If things don't go fantastically, you just have to deal with it.
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Because we had no money when I was growing up, when I started dancing, I wasn't allowed to be frivolous - my mum made me go to every lesson because she was paying for it.
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My old dance teacher, Jimmy Wilde, a former European ballroom dancing champion, was so sophisticated.
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If I avoid anything, it's that I don't really go to places that are like a little corner of England. I also never mind going to a dance show because I love it all so much.
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I've been playing golf as long as I've been dancing, since I was 13 or 14. I play off six. I like to get out on a golf course as often as I can.
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I want to do lots of exciting, varied, interesting things. That's what I want to do.
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So much illness is self-induced - which I can't stand. And I'm not a good nursemaid. Don't call me if you're ill.
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I was one of those people who just flitted about in life. I had no plans and no sense of direction.
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As I grew up, I wasn't a great buyer of albums, but I really liked 'The Jam.' I like good musicians and loved the energy of their songs.
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My father is Hungarian and moved to Britain during the uprising, and my Spanish mum comes from Galicia; they moved here at the end of the Fifties.
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I got sent some cheese once. I'm not sure if that was saying something about my act, or just because I like cheese.