Anton du Beke Quotes

The 'Strictly' experience is really like no other - the training and work that goes into it is immense.

Having been part of this wonderful show ever since series one, I know all too well what it's like to perform to the nation on the famous 'Strictly Come Dancing' dancefloor.

I've come to realise that being on 'Strictly' is like being in another theatre company and performing a live production.

I definitely want to do 'Strictly Come Dancing.'

The best way to refine an interpretation is by getting out and performing.

I feel like every time I go out, I want to do a good job. I want people to say that he's just as good at stand-up as he is in some of the movies I've seen him in, so I try to do the best every time I go out there.

'Dancing with The Stars' is like learning a new sport with lots of bumps and bruises.

At the time I just was like, I can't believe I am on the show, and the first thing I have to do is an entire song and dance routine for the whole cast of 'Mad Men.'

I would love to be in 'Dancing With the Stars.'

I would like to be on 'Dancing with the Stars.'

Coming into 'Dancing With the Stars,' I thought it would be a lot easier.

I'd love to go on 'Strictly' but I just don't think they'd let me on. I'm basically a ringer, as I've danced against some of the professionals in competitions when I was younger.

Strictly' is a machine, it's a beast! It's the biggest show on television, I was thrilled I was allowed to come to watch the show - let alone work on it!

I think whoever does sign up to 'Strictly,' I feel like it's such an amazing show because they want to be there.

Sometimes you're not always on or at your best, especially during auditions. So if you go in and you don't nail it, even if they're like, 'We don't need to see you again,' get a friend, get a video camera, and film you doing the stuff again.

On television, you have an intimate moment with the camera. In theater, you are making something live with people there. My brain doesn't understand that you don't get another take ever. I'm finally learning on TV that you can do something over if you make a mistake.

The best shows I play, I almost don't even remember off the stage.

I don't want to be on 'Dancing With the Stars' anytime soon.

I have nothing but admiration for the actors on soap operas. It is unbelievably challenging to put out an hour show in one day.

They did ask me to do 'Dancing With The Stars;' I said I can do one show, but on that show you have to come up with a new number every week, and I told them that I think I'm a little past that stage.

I've just become obsessed with ballroom dancing. I signed up for the introductory course, which was like a four-week thing. By the end of it, I was hooked. I love it. It's sort of flirty, but it's not sexual. I can't quit until I've got it down and I can really dance. I'm there four or five times a week.

Singing is an arduous business and it needs sacrifices.

I've done a lot of stage in my life, but I never had to dominate a stage for three hours.

When I initially committed to joining 'Dancing with the Stars,' I didn't realize just how physically demanding it would be for me. Unable to put forth my best effort, I felt it appropriate to step aside and give someone else the opportunity.

When I first joined 'Dancing with the Stars,' I did not want to do it. It's not what I like, it's not what I believe in... the judges are fake, this is fake, that is fake... there is not a lot of reality.