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I am damn good with money.
I love chocolate, but it's bad.
Being a mother has made my life complete.
Keeping off wheat helps my energy levels.
Dance is a great way to express yourself.
You don't just become a success overnight.
I've always been quite famous for my nose.
Life is short, so go for things you enjoy.
I love Australia; it's such an outdoor life.
Being on stage taught me how to apply eyeliner.
You tend to regret the things you haven't done.
If I'm dehydrated, my muscles feel almost squeaky.
I hate when I get stiff, and I really notice that.
If you have enough ambition, you can create talent!
The jogging machine makes me go insane with boredom.
I worked very hard to be a diva. But it never worked.
Everything is not beautiful at the ballet. It's tough.
Weirdly, I didn't even know that I said 'yah' all the time.
If I had a caterer that lived at home, it would be fabulous!
I don't get much sleep, so I have really bad bags under my eyes.
I suppose you could say there is an in-built stubbornness to me.
My 'new' knee now feels like a bionic knee compared with my old one.
I'm a size 8-10. I never weigh myself - I go on how tight my jeans are.
As long as everything is happy at home, I can be totally selfish at work.
One thing I've learned from 'Strictly' is timing and the craft of the talk.
This perception that we can be stars without any work and just appear is rubbish.
The Royal Academy of Dance is an institution that trains to a very high standard.
Dancing has always been a passion for me, one that I will probably never be rid of.
I used to wear long jumpers, but they made me look like a bag tied up in the middle.
Being a ballerina can be a very unnatural life, especially after you've had children.
I need to have dark chocolate in the cupboard - Green & Black's is good, but any will do.
I hate exercise when it's a regime, but I love a bit of dance, just moving the whole body.
Even after having children, after five months I was dancing again, which was kind of crazy.
I danced so intensely, I learned the hard way that sometimes you can push your body too far.
On Boxing Day, we always go for a walk in our wellies with the dogs, no matter where we are.
Since finishing my professional dancing career, I've been conscious of not letting myself go.
I can't imagine leaving the theatre altogether. My dressing room has become a home from home.
In the dance world, it has to be in your genetic make-up - your body has to suit the training.
The hardest thing about 'Strictly' is having to sit still for so long; it just about kills me.
I know some people aspire to a ballerina's body, but I looked forward to feeling more feminine.
Ballet is quite unnatural on the joints. My body is just worn. My joints are 10 years older than me.
I never imagined I'd be a presenter on television, but I'm happy to put myself out of my comfort zone.
Looking after myself is something I probably have to be much more conscious of than the average person.
We always want what we don't have, and I'd like a long, sophisticated nose rather than a short, turned-up one.
When I coach dancers, I always like to get on the dance floor with them or describe something by showing them.
When I started on 'Strictly,' I was terrified. Live television seemed like the most daunting thing in the world.
I am not a big vitamin-taker. I have vitamin C during the winter, but eating lots of fruit and veg does the trick.
It's very easy to become selfish and narrow-minded and see ballet as the only thing in life, but there's lots more.
My mum sent me to ballet from the age of five, not because I was that into it but because I had really knock knees.
We only open a couple of presents on Christmas morning; we're all about the stockings - we even get them for the dogs!