Anton du Beke Quotes
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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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When you dance together, there's a fabulous interaction. It's quite intimate. You're touching your partner, leading them. Learning how to behave in that person's proximity is a skill. I love it. I can't imagine tiring of it.
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I worked as an interior designer. I worked as a furniture salesman. I worked as a financial adviser. I worked as a painter and decorator - that wasn't for very long. I was a baker for about four-and-a-half years.
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A dancer's career is short - you just keep going until your legs pack up.
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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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With the media how it is these days, people expect to know everything. I don't talk about my girlfriend because essentially she doesn't want to be talked about.
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Because we had no other relatives living in the U.K., me, my parents and my siblings continuously journeyed abroad to bond with our extended family.
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You spend your life having lessons, practising and competing as an amateur, and working during the day. As you get to the top end of the amateur field, you try not to work anymore; you earn your living through dancing, maybe by doing a bit of teaching. It's an ongoing life's work.
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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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Mum was always hard-working. She came over from Spain and bought her own council house.
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There is not a lot of money in competition dancing. There never has been; it's all about winning the trophies, really. It's not like golf.
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If I do find myself walking up the aisle and dancing at my own wedding reception, I want the first dance to be both spontaneous and dramatic.
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Being a competitive dancer is an expensive business - you have to buy the £2,000 or so tail suit and the shoes, and then get yourself around the world to the competitions. And there is not a lot of money to be made in competing.
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I'd like to do a kind of 'Sunday Night At The Palladium'-style variety show on the BBC.
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I hated most music in the 1970s, especially disco, but Bowie was edgier.
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One day, I just wandered into a dance class full of girls, and that was it. I thought, 'Hang on! I'll have a bit of this.' I went back a week later and got dragged up by the teacher. It wasn't a massive calling.
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Since being involved in 'Strictly Come Dancing,' my life has changed completely. I can't walk down the street without women throwing themselves at me, I usually wouldn't mind, but they are of a certain age. Hopefully, after this series, they will bring their daughters!
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We didn't know anything about Judy Murray until we met her, but once we got to know her, we found she was an absolute scream.
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My only drive was to be the best dancer in the world, but I never won the world championship.
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Ballroom dancing: it's a wonderful thing at so many levels because you've got to follow the rules. They used to call those rules etiquette once upon a time, but you don't really have that any more.
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I think cookery shows have become so sophisticated, and everyone's so marvellous at it, but there are people like me who aren't into the cooking malarkey, who still don't know how to boil an egg for three minutes.
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At places like Chelsea, often the garden displays are so big and grand that you'd never be able to have them at home.
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I have no trouble with my sleep, but the amount I have varies from four to eight hours, depending on my schedule.