Quotes by Declan Donnelly - Page 2

We had one big album and we started working on the 'Ant and Dec Show' and we had a really good time.
Declan Donnelly /
Ant
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Thank you to everyone who works with us on our shows for making us look like we know what we're doing.
Declan Donnelly /
Thank You
Look Doing Know
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Northern Ireland isn't actually part of Great Britain, but we still want it to be part of 'Sofa Watch.'
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Great Britain
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern
Sofa
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Put your head down and work hard and you can achieve what you want. You can end up in Buckingham Palace.
Declan Donnelly /
Work End Your
Palace
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We come to Birmingham every January for the 'Britain's Got Talent' auditions and always have a great time.
Declan Donnelly /
Auditions
Birmingham
January
Time Great Always
Time Great Talent
Great Time
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When we became TV presenters, I found a place for myself and Ant bought the house for sale two doors away.
Declan Donnelly /
Doors
Ant
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We saw the band as an acting job - it was an extension of 'Byker Grove.' We were even still called PJ and Duncan.
Declan Donnelly /
Grove
Extension
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We've talked about a sitcom and a comedy drama. It's getting the right project and working with the right people.
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Comedy
Drama
Sitcom
People Drama Comedy
Project
Right People
Talked
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The thing that I miss more than anything is doing Saturday morning telly. It was the best, best, best three years.
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Saturday
Saturday Morning
Three
Miss
More Than Anything
Telly
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We're incredibly lucky and I get to work with my best mate - I don't know why I'd ever want to stop doing that really.
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Best Work Doing
Mate
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We got sacked for the first time when we were just 18 and you realise that this whole industry is transient and changeable.
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First Time
Transient
Time First Time First
Changeable
Realise
Sacked
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When we met Susan Boyle she was a very unassuming lady. We didn't expect anything and we were probably a little dismissive of her.
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Unassuming
Lady
Susan
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I think obviously there is some kind of life form somewhere else. Whether it looks like the creature in 'Alien Autopsy,' I'm not sure.
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Somewhere Else
Alien
Creature
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I was a bit nervous before I got married and Ant said to me: 'Honestly, it just gets better.' It's amazing and the best thing I ever did.
Declan Donnelly /
Best Amazing Me
Ant
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I think Ant and I were ambitious because of where we come from. Both of us are from working-class families on council estates in Newcastle.
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Ambitious
Council
Estates
Newcastle
Working Class
Ant
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No one tells you how hard being a parent is! We could have had a warning! It is literally the hardest thing I've ever done but I'm loving it.
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Hardest Thing
Warning
The Hardest Thing
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We always had one eye on doing Saturday night TV even when we were back doing mornings. That's where we wanted to go to get a bigger audience.
Declan Donnelly /
Saturday
Saturday Night
Mornings
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Nobody ever sets out to make a flop, but it's going to happen. You have to pick yourself up, dust yourself down and say: 'Right, we go again.'
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Dust
Flop
Sets
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People would always try and set me up, which was awkward. You can't set me up on a blind date because she will automatically know more about me.
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Blind
Always Me People
Automatically
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We were lucky that when we were making the transition from children's to prime time a lot of other presenters our age shied away from that arena.
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Arena
Prime Time
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We always said our career was built on our friendship and that our friendship was the secret of our success. The career just happened by accident.
Declan Donnelly /
Friendship
Accident
The Secret Of
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I'm not sure I'm confident in the viewing public seeing every side of me and I'm not sure I'm confident enough that I'd allow myself to be that exposed.
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Exposed
Myself Enough Me
Viewing
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When we were first doing kids' shows with the BBC they asked us where we wanted to be in a few years' time and we said we want to be where Noel Edmonds is.
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Time Where Doing
Bbc
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I grew up being called Eamonn-Martin-Dermott-Declan because I was the youngest of the boys and Mum would go through all their names first before she got to mine.
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Youngest
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The first meaningful friendship moment we had was when Ant sent me a Fred Flintstone Christmas card and it said, 'To Dec from Ant, have a yabba dabba do Christmas.'
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Friendship
Meaningful
Ant
Card
Fred
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There is always someone you are going to miss and for me it's my dad. I always hoped he would see me marry, but these things happen in life. I know he is proud of me.
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Things Happen
Life Dad Me
Marry
Hoped
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Ant and Dec seemed a natural name for us - it was just how people referred to us, cos we were always together. I've never resented the fact that his name comes first.
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Always Together People
Ant
Referred
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We sat down and talked about who we liked comedy-wise, TV-wise, what made us laugh and what we enjoyed doing. So a lot of our tastes went into 'The Ant and Dec Show.'
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Ant
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I think from doing so many live shows it gives you a real appreciation of being present. You don't know what's going to happen, you don't know what is around the corner.
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Appreciation
Corner
Live Shows
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Anyone who's ever had a loved one go through addiction will know just how devastating it can be and how tough it is for those around them, as much as it is for the addict.
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Addict
Addiction
Devastating
Loved One
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It's lovely when you get those awards because it reminds you that the audience are enjoying what you're doing so you keep working hard and never take anything for granted.
Declan Donnelly /
Awards
Granted
Lovely
Enjoying
Never Take
Reminds
Working Hard
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We did a version of 'You Bet' called 'Wanna Bet' in the U.S. a couple of years ago. It was a good little show but the network put it on over the summer on Mondays so nobody watched it.
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Wanna
Bet
Couple Of Years Ago
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When we used to watch some BBC kids' shows it felt like some of the presenters were parental figures, we wanted to be their cheeky uncles really, their fun uncles, and speak to them on their level.
Declan Donnelly /
Uncles
Cheeky
Figures
Parental
Bbc
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Saturday Night Takeaway' is the show we always wanted to make. It's a direct descendant of 'Game For A Laugh' and 'Noel's House Party' and 'Russ Abbot's Madhouse,' and they're all shows we grew up on as kids.
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Saturday
Saturday Night
Descendant
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When you're younger you feel more invincible - that nothing is ever going to get you down or beat you. When you get a bit older, you realise the fragility of things, how easy it is to get caught out by things - and Ant did.
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Fragility
Ant
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It's funny. I don't really think of us as TV presenters. I think of TV presenters as responsible people who show children what to do with empty fairy liquid bottles. Not a couple of blokes who don't mind telling kids to shut up.
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Bottles
Empty
Fairy
Liquid
Shut Up
Shut
Telling
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We want to bring the kids, the parents, the grandparents and grandkids together, we want them to have a shared viewing experience. We want the kids to talk about it in the playground, dad to talk about it down the pub, grandma to talk about it while she's out shopping.
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Grandkids
Shopping
Playground
Pub
Shared
Viewing
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I'm not sure how much Ant and I are insured against each other. I've heard it's a couple of million. However much it is, it would never be compensation for losing your best mate. I've never wanted to work alone since we started together. All the ideas we have are for the pair of us.
Declan Donnelly /
Compensation
Ant
Alone Best Work
Insured
Mate
Pair
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