Arlene Phillips Quotes

Arlene Phillips

Profession : Entertainer

Birth : May 22, 1943

I'm a very generous tipper for my hairdresser and nail technician, and for staff in restaurants who have given a good service. I will always leave a tip, even for bad service.

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People always used to ask me 'What makes a celebrity?' and I used to say: 'Being asked to comment mostly on things you know nothing about.'

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The Paddy Stone dancers were all upwards of 5ft 6in and stunningly beautiful. I was stocky, tough-looking and 5ft 3in. So I became determined to create my own troupe.

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When I was 23, I moved to London. It was not an easy thing to do.

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I am always competing with my body. I am always thinking my body is going to do things it won't do.

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I have gone through my life loving dance. No matter what, it's never gone away and I love watching it, taking part in it, creating it. I've never lost the love for it.

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The best way of building up a habit for dance is to introduce it early.

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I've never been money savvy.

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It took me a long time to understand that there is no amount of wanting and no amount of desire and no amount of hard work which allows you to become a classical ballerina if you're not physically given the gifts.

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Life was a struggle financially when I was growing up in Manchester and my father continued the strict upbringing he himself had had, even after our very warm and demonstrative mother died.

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Britannia High' is not set in a high school where people burst into song and dance for no reason. It's a performing arts school, so there is a legitimate reason for them to sing and dance.

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I don't have time to watch TV. The only things I watch are 'Miss Marple' and 'Midsommer Murders.' They are the only things that make me stop.

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I've always been a late-developer.

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If you're in the arts, or anything that requires great discipline, the only way to achieve it is to put in the hours.

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I know many people who have open relationships.

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I love getting up in the morning and having to be here and there. It drives me - it's where I get my energy.

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We'd grown up without any money. I mean, everything was a struggle; our lives were a struggle, and dancing changed all of that. Nothing mattered; it was the most important thing in my life.

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I always wanted children, and it was a dream come true when I discovered I was pregnant with Alana when I was 36.

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I'm tough. I do what I want to do.

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I'm short, stocky and have a big bum.

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