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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Life's supposed to be an adventure, a surprise!
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Garden
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just like to sit and admire my garden; it's so well kept by my gardener and my girlfriend.
- Garden
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- Nov 07, 2020
At places like Chelsea, often the garden displays are so big and grand that you'd never be able to have them at home.
- Dining Room
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
My old dance teacher, Jimmy Wilde, a former European ballroom dancing champion, was so sophisticated.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
Wherever I can get a fast track, I'll try to because I can't stand the airport experience. If you can afford priority boarding, then do it. Nobody wants an unpleasant experience before it starts.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a magnificent chin and a long, odd-shaped face. As a result, I always look better in collars.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I work out in the gym three times a week on top of my dancing, so I have to eat a lot to keep my weight and energy up: a big breakfast, and little and often throughout the day.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know what I'm good at, and if I'm asked to do something I'm not - like hip-hop dancing - I get self-conscious.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having been part of this wonderful show ever since series one, I know all too well what it's like to perform to the nation on the famous 'Strictly Come Dancing' dancefloor.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Give up smoking. Don't get so fat. 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.
- Gym
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being fit is the easiest part of being a dance professional. I used to just throw on a backpack full of rocks and run up a hill. You don't even have to go to a gym.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Eating
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- Nov 07, 2020
My perfect morning is spent drinking coffee, eating porridge and reading the paper at a local cafe.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
My only drive was to be the best dancer in the world, but I never won the world championship.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Dancing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm dancing with any woman, I immediately get rid of intimacy barriers. I just give her a big hug and crack on.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm busier than ever and it's led to new opportunities. But I've never worried about being rich or famous - for me, it's all about the dancing.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's great that ballroom dancing is being recognised. For many years ballroom dancers were misunderstood and other dance forms didn't want anything to do with us.
- Gold
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a bit of a traditionalist; the ballroom is all about tails and I never mess about with that. But for the Latin you can have a bit fun: tight trousers, gold shirt open to my waist, be a bit ridiculous.
- Nonsense
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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!
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favourite dance is the Foxtrot. It's a proper dance with proper music. It has class.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Get
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just get grumpy with bad behaviour.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never worried about being rich or famous - for me, it's all about the dancing.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
It may sound cliched, but 'Strictly' is a real journey. I try to encourage my partner to stay in as long as they can, but above all to enjoy it.
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mum was always hard-working. She came over from Spain and bought her own council house.
- Impression
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Fred Astaire movies made a huge impression on me.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Four
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have no trouble with my sleep, but the amount I have varies from four to eight hours, depending on my schedule.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The worst question is, 'Where do you see yourself in five years?' I don't know. Variety is the spice of life. That's the best way to describe it.
- Interesting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to do lots of exciting, varied, interesting things. That's what I want to do.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Decorator
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm going for Britain's Best Dressed Man award, but strangely, I'm never on the list.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I go through money like a bloke with three arms.
- Incredible
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bruce Forsyth is my hero, and the thought that I'd be in a TV show with him was incredible.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Strictly' is a bit like scoring the winning goal in the FA Cup Final or sinking the final putt in the Ryder Cup - only a few people get the opportunity to do it, and they have got to be famous.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always enjoy the process, meeting somebody new and spending time with them and becoming friends with them. That has always been the joy of 'Strictly' for me, so I enjoy every year.
- Egg
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Healthy
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing about me is that I love variety. I like to try new things, and I don't want to be pinned back.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I've got a bit more to offer than just dancing. It might just be me that thinks that, but it's worth saying.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Nov 07, 2020
I got sent some cheese once. I'm not sure if that was saying something about my act, or just because I like cheese.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd like to do a kind of 'Sunday Night At The Palladium'-style variety show on the BBC.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was one of those people who just flitted about in life. I had no plans and no sense of direction.
- Extended
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Anything
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Making
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- Nov 07, 2020
As soon as I left school at 16, I worked in a factory making aircraft components.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020