Deborah Meaden Quotes

I've been famous for years through my entertainment programs, through my show business activities and my business.

My biggest television weakness is 'Dragons' Den.'

I've never been asked to appear on 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!,' so I guess I mustn't be on the professional skids just yet.

The only reality show that I do tune in for is 'Shark Tank.'

You really can't turn on TLC without seeing us.

I've never really had a media edifice supporting me.

I look at a mentor of mine like Ryan Seacrest and the incredible amount of equity he's been able to bring to the broadcasting arena, and the branding and the world that he's been able to build around himself.

Like most plutocrats, I, too, am a proud and unapologetic capitalist. I have founded, cofounded or funded over 30 companies across a range of industries. I was the first non-family investor in Amazon.com. I cofounded a company called aQuantive that we sold to Microsoft for 6.4 billion dollars. My friends and I, we own a bank.

I knew I had arrived when taxi drivers would say, 'You're that twit on the Billy Cotton Show, aren't you?'

Everywhere I go now, people are like, 'That's the guy from 'Dancing With the Stars!' It's pretty good that you're not just a football player but you're in the entertainment world.

I was on a game show and now I'm the game show girl who got a movie. That's how I consider myself.

As to a media personality, well that just happened in large measure because people found me amusing, and I did lots and lots of T.V. news interview shows.

Every woman who has a business book has a platform. For the most part, they're either a television personality or someone who had the perfect pedigree and worked their way up the career ladder.

I'm not a self-promoter. I'm not on TV all the time.

The German public knows me quite well. I have been in their kitchens and living rooms for years.

I'm obviously more known for being on television, and that's where most people see me.

'Shark Tank' is fun, but it's all business. We use our own money, and the competition between the sharks is fierce. More importantly, it's an opportunity to invest in businesses that are being watched and considered by millions of people every time it's shown.

I'm not a celebrity chef. I'm a chef that happens to have television shows and a chef that happens to do media.

I don't consider myself to be a celebrity. If anything I'm a minor celebrity or a TV star or whatever.

Once my ears were open to hearing mentions of 'Shark Tank', I was surprised by how many people in our world, even in our industry, tech and finance, loved the show.

When I got picked up by the Tapout crew and was featured on their reality show, that really jumpstarted my career.

In the States, I get recognised all the time. I met a fan once who had a tattoo of my face on his arm. I can see how some people get carried away with it, but I don't have trouble staying grounded.

I am a reality all-star. This is what I do. I'm not an actor or an athlete.

I'm not chasing reality shows. Viewers want to see me and producers want me on their shows.

I hate Cha Cha Cha the most on 'Strictly.' If I was in charge of 'Strictly' I'd get rid of Cha Cha Cha.