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I just get grumpy with bad behaviour.
Life's supposed to be an adventure, a surprise!
I go through money like a bloke with three arms.
The Fred Astaire movies made a huge impression on me.
The world would be a better place if everyone learned to dance.
I don't profess to be Luciano Pavarotti, but I can hold a tune.
If things don't go fantastically, you just have to deal with it.
I hated most music in the 1970s, especially disco, but Bowie was edgier.
I get really very upset when I'm voted out, and I feel very disappointed.
A dancer's career is short - you just keep going until your legs pack up.
You can't talk about yourself in the third party - that makes you a lunatic!
I don't mind how good or bad my partner is, as long as we have a lovely time.
Ballroom is two people dancing together to music, touching in perfect harmony.
As soon as I left school at 16, I worked in a factory making aircraft components.
I enjoy watching talented cooks bringing together ingredients into a fabulous dish.
I've never worried about being rich or famous - for me, it's all about the dancing.
I want to do lots of exciting, varied, interesting things. That's what I want to do.
I'm going for Britain's Best Dressed Man award, but strangely, I'm never on the list.
Mum was always hard-working. She came over from Spain and bought her own council house.
My favourite dance is the Foxtrot. It's a proper dance with proper music. It has class.
I'd like to do a kind of 'Sunday Night At The Palladium'-style variety show on the BBC.
Bruce Forsyth is my hero, and the thought that I'd be in a TV show with him was incredible.
I just like to sit and admire my garden; it's so well kept by my gardener and my girlfriend.
My only drive was to be the best dancer in the world, but I never won the world championship.
Sadly, it has often been said that my rear is better than my front, so thank you very much indeed.
My perfect morning is spent drinking coffee, eating porridge and reading the paper at a local cafe.
I was one of those people who just flitted about in life. I had no plans and no sense of direction.
I have a magnificent chin and a long, odd-shaped face. As a result, I always look better in collars.
My old dance teacher, Jimmy Wilde, a former European ballroom dancing champion, was so sophisticated.
The thing about me is that I love variety. I like to try new things, and I don't want to be pinned back.
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.
I have no trouble with my sleep, but the amount I have varies from four to eight hours, depending on my schedule.
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.
I got sent some cheese once. I'm not sure if that was saying something about my act, or just because I like cheese.
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.
When I'm dancing with any woman, I immediately get rid of intimacy barriers. I just give her a big hug and crack on.
At places like Chelsea, often the garden displays are so big and grand that you'd never be able to have them at home.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.