Top 82 Quotes by Anton du Beke

I don't like the Samba; it's nonsense. With a lot of these Latin dances I can't really understand what they're all about. I like the Rumba and the Paso Doble but the others I could take or leave.

A dancer's career is short - you just keep going until your legs pack up.

I want to do lots of exciting, varied, interesting things. That's what I want to do.

I get really very upset when I'm voted out, and I feel very disappointed.

My only drive was to be the best dancer in the world, but I never won the world championship.

I look better with a tan, but I've never gone the fake route. I don't need to - I have good foreign genes: half Spanish, half Hungarian.

I have a magnificent chin and a long, odd-shaped face. As a result, I always look better in collars.

The thing about me is that I love variety. I like to try new things, and I don't want to be pinned back.

Because we had no money when I was growing up, when I started dancing, I wasn't allowed to be frivolous - my mum made me go to every lesson because she was paying for it.

My goal was to become the best dancer in the world and, because I started late, I always had this feeling I was playing catch-up, so I've been a bit of a maniac most of my life, sort of striving.