Natasia Demetriou Quotes

With TV presenting, I speak a lot anyway!

I cannot sing, dance or act; what else would I be but a talk show host.

I've always been more natural at doing hosting things: reading teleprompters, taking direction and asking questions... I'm actually able to perform a little bit.

Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty.

But I really like hosting, I think it's a strength of mine. It allows me to improvise, and I love the spontaneity of that, and I think I'm funny behind the desk when interviewing someone.

One thing I've learned from 'Strictly' is timing and the craft of the talk.

Such a huge amount of respect for people who regularly present live television - it's a skill and it's not easy.

I was a general business major, which meant that in any business school and particularly at Smith School, which is a very good school, you do a lot of team projects. Well I was the guy who gave the presentations for the team projects.

Anyone can become a game show host. It simply requires a giant, narcissistic ego and an inability to do anything else. The closest thing to school I did was looking in the mirror one hundred times a day and repeating, 'People should listen to you talk.'

A biggest mistake I made when I started doing a talk show was I thought you had to read the books.

You can be a great reporter and not be such a great talk show host.

Training is fabulous because it gives you a basis, a strong structure, so that when you're unbelievably nervous and you think that you can't get a word out, you will get the word out.

Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.

I had no fear of speaking to large audiences.

Facing the press is not easy, but because you have to go, you have to try to take a lot of positive things for yourself from these face-to-face meetings.

As I've been acting since I was young it's taught me to give a good speech, and, though I say so myself, I did it pretty well.

I think the key attributes for a good speaker are someone that's articulate and someone that puts a fair amount of humour into what they do.

Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.

I'm a horrible public speaker.

The secret of my success? I speak in a loud clear voice and try not to bump into the furniture.

Someday I would really love to do a talk show. That's something I've always been interested in. I like to talk, and I love to help people.

I'm a journalist and, before, a next TV star.

I'm going to be the next David Frost.

I've been on stage since I was nine years old, and I kind of stumbled into the world of hosting. That, to me, was the thing I had to build a skill set for.

I was always drawn to standing up in front of people.