Bruce Forsyth Quotes - Page 2

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• I love getting on You Tube to look at the old comics. I am in my element seeing guys like Jack Benny and Phil Silvers give interviews.

  Bruce Forsyth

  Giving, Guy, Looks

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• In my mind, everything is too sanitised on television - what is wrong with things going wrong?

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  Mind, Television

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• It's frightening, the way life speeds up. When you're at school, time can't go fast enough.

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  School, Way, Speed

  "Didn't he do well". Interview with Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. December 16, 2007.

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• A round of golf is the ideal antidote to stress.

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  Stress, Golf, Antidote

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• Not working is bad for you. It is my drug, it gives me a high; most performers will tell you that. And there is nothing like the high that an audience gives you.

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  Giving, Drug, Give Me

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• I have no plans to rock myself to sleep in my bath chair yet.

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  Sleep, Rocks, Baths

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• People think I rush around all day long like a raving lunatic. I'm much more relaxed than that.

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  Thinking, Long, People

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• I hate Mondays - I hate that feeling you've got to get yourself up.

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  Monday, Hate, Feelings

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• I can tell by the way somebody walks if they can dance or not. Just by the rhythm.

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  Way, Rhythm, Walks

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• On stage, I think I'm 35. Working takes over my whole body and I become a younger man - that's why I won't stop.

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  Men, Thinking, Body

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• People think I am the crazy person on stage, but I know how to relax.

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  Crazy, Thinking, People

  "Glastonbury: Bruce Forsyth 'very emotional' after one of biggest gigs of his life" by Mark Jefferies, www.mirror.co.uk. June 30, 2013.

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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.

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  Hate, Thinking, Sight

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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.

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  Banter, Ads, Jokes

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• I read a lot when I'm away. I love courtroom dramas and I'm always looking for new authors.

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  Drama, Courtroom

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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.

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  Castles, Eric, Gone

  "Didn't he do well?" by Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. May 2, 2004.

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• They do say, the smaller the feet, the better the dancer.

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  Feet, Dancer

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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.

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  Golf, Night, Play

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• He was so good at everything he did. You can't call Ronnie Barker a comedian. He was an actor, and a great writer.

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  Comedian, Actors, Great Writers

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• Golf is hugely important, as it keeps me going.

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  Golf, Important

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• Although I'm predominantly known for game-shows, I do prefer to be known as a performer.

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  Games, Shows, Performers

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• I do lead a careful diet, I don't overeat, I have fruit and vegetables every day and I drink a lot of water. And my darling wife keeps me so young it is ridiculous. Being with her is an inspiration as well.

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  Inspiration, Vegetables, Water

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• Little did I know that there's nothing more competitive in the world than a professional ballroom dancer. They are as competitive as Olympic athletes.

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  Athlete, Dancer, World

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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.

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  Piano, Laughing, Achievement

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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.

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  People, Proud, Matter

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• All kids love to get dirty, but if I wandered into the garage, my father would say: 'Son, you're not going to have filthy hands like mine. You're going into show business.'

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  Father, Dirty, Kids

  "Bruce Forsyth: My family values" by Angela Wintle, www.theguardian.com. April 13, 2012.

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