Bruce Forsyth quotes - page 2

I don't want to grow old gracefully. I want to put up a bit of a fight. (Bruce Forsyth)
I read a lot when I'm away. I love courtroom dramas and I'm always looking for new authors. View quote
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Goodness, that Simon Cowell is a sensitive soul. View quote
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Some people hate the sight of me as soon as they see me on television. They loathe the look of me, and I accept that from the days of variety. I would walk on and some people would open a newspaper and think, 'He's first on, so he can't be any good.' I accept that. View quote
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If I go out one night, I must stay in the next. It's the same with my golf. If I play one day, I don't play the next. I try to pace myself. View quote
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I hate Mondays - I hate that feeling you've got to get yourself up. View quote
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It gets harder every day to get out of bed. I don't feel like it loads of the time. It is only my exercise routine which wakes me up. View quote
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Puerto Rico is one of those places you can be as quiet or as crazy as you want, because there's so much nightlife. I have to take the craziness carefully. View quote
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Although I'm predominantly known for game-shows, I do prefer to be known as a performer. View quote
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It's frightening, the way life speeds up. When you're at school, time can't go fast enough. View quote
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There are enough tears in any child's life; we certainly don't need to add to them in the name of entertainment. (Bruce Forsyth)
My biggest regret is that my mother didn't see me walk on to that London Palladium stage, being the star she always wanted me to be. But I always say that when she reached Heaven, she had a word with a few agents. View quote
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Lots of people come up to me and call me Sir Bruce now. Interviewers call me Sir with every question, but I never make a point of making people call me Sir. It doesn't matter to me, though; it was a great honour to be knighted. I'm very proud of it. View quote
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When a performer doesn't get nervous, that is when you have to give up. View quote
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People think I rush around all day long like a raving lunatic. I'm much more relaxed than that. View quote
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Once you've experienced the warmth of an audience, the achievement of getting your first laugh, and entertaining them, singing or playing piano, it just keeps it all going. View quote
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It's sad when you see most of your friends in the business gone, like Tommy Cooper, Frankie Howard, Eric Morecambe, Roy Castle, Les Dawson. They were very dear to me. You no longer have the chance to bump into them at a celebrity do. View quote
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It's the combination of marrying a beautiful woman three decades younger and my iPad that keeps me young. View quote
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I'm not even really a joke-teller. I can do ad-lib and banter, but I don't do jokes. View quote
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If I couldn't move, I don't know what I would do. That would be terrifying for me; I don't know how I'd cope with that. View quote
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I hate the term 'arm candy.' But, look, a woman's figure is a beautiful thing, and if she has shapely legs, then she should show them off, because men love to see that. Not just heterosexual men - gay men like to see a woman in her beauty and the shape of her. (Bruce Forsyth)
It's important for a dancer to wear very tight underpants. I used to feel a bit exposed if I wasn't being held up in the right place. View quote
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I met my darling wife Wilnelia in 1980 when we were on the judging panel for the Miss World contest at the Royal Albert Hall. With two ex-wives and five daughters, I thought I wouldn't be involved with anyone for a long time - if ever. Winnie was so gorgeous, my jaw dropped - and it's a big jaw to drop. View quote
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