Anton du Beke Quotes

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I just get grumpy with bad behaviour.

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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.

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If things don’t go fantastically, you just have to deal with it.

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I’ve never worried about being rich or famous – for me, it’s all about the dancing.

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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 like to get up and get out. Otherwise you end up kicking about, and it’s easy to flick the telly on; then before you know it, it is 11 A.M. and you haven‘t done anything.

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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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My only drive was to be the best dancer in the world, but I never won the world championship.

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Too many multi-vitamins are packaged as one size fits all, but you should be more specific about what you need. When I was competing as a dancer, I took zinc for healthy skin and immune system.

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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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I don’t mind how good or bad my partner is, as long as we have a lovely time.

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When I’m dancing with any woman, I immediately get rid of intimacy barriers. I just give her a big hug and crack on.

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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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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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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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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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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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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 remember watching the Three Tenors at the World Cup in 1990, and it was amazing. They made opera accessible to the man in the street.

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My goal was to become the best dancer in the world and, because I started late, I always had this feeling I was playing catch-up, so I’ve been a bit of a maniac most of my life, sort of striving.

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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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My favourite dance is the Foxtrot. It’s a proper dance with proper music. It has class.

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I’ve been playing golf as long as I’ve been dancing, since I was 13 or 14.

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I hated most music in the 1970s, especially disco, but Bowie was edgier.

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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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My goal is to be the best TV presenter, the best entertainer, the best singer. I still want to be the best dancer. I want to be the best at everything I do.

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The Fred Astaire movies made a huge impression on me.

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You can’t talk about yourself in the third party – that makes you a lunatic!

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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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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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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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I go through money like a bloke with three arms.

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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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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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The world would be a better place if everyone learned to dance.

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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 went professional with my partner, Erin Boag, 11 years ago, and we had success competing round the world, but appearing on ‘Strictly’ has changed my life.

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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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I do watch what I eat, but I don’t make it myself. When I eat out, I just have to make sure the things I buy are good and healthy.

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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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A dancer’s career is short – you just keep going until your legs pack up.

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I have a magnificent chin and a long, odd-shaped face. As a result, I always look better in collars.

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I wish I’d become a professional dancer sooner. I did other jobs – like baking – while dancing part-time, and didn’t commit until I was 29.

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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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