Arlene Phillips Quotes

Arlene Phillips

Profession : Entertainer

Birth : May 22, 1943

I was about three when my dad came home with a beautiful tin filled with chocolates. I hadn't had chocolate before, and I'll always remember it.

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For me just having a baby was incredible.

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I was definitely a tyrant - ask any dancer I've worked with. They were surprised if I was ever nice to them. I had a terrible temper.

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I carry cash around with me all the time as I like buying dancers I'm working with snacks and drinks, but I also use my Amex card and a Coutts Visa card, which I always pay off in full every month. I hate the idea of being in debt.

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When I am in rehearsal, my tracksuits are carefully placed to disguise parts of my body. I'll think, 'My bum looks big today, so a cardigan will hide it.'

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I'm passionate about dance - about getting people to move and enjoy themselves. But I know dance has incredible physical benefits too.

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Working is my passion and it keeps me alive.

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I knew from the first time I put my hand on the barre at the age of eight that dancing was all I wanted to do and that it was what I was going to do, and nothing was going to stop me. That has always been the driving force in my life. It is who I am.

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I grew up without any money, but the one thing that we did was sit up in the gods to watch the ballet.

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I used to dance all day, every day.

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I'm a mother - that's who I am totally. But I am also a creator. I manage to fit it all in because I'm very organised. Oh my gosh, I'm so organised, it's unbelievable.

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Dad was a barber and Mum looked after the three of us and helped in school doing lunches. I was the middle child with an older brother, Ian, and younger sister, Karen.

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There is absolutely nothing you can't do, see, eat or buy in Las Vegas. It is a magical wonderland where everything is possible - especially in the world of showbiz where everything feels so big, bright and spectacular.

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I always knew I wanted to dance and when I was eight, I started ballet lessons at a church hall. They all wore pink ballet shoes but I wore green, as they were cheap, and I remember everyone staring at me.

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If you don't have an academic brain, if you are not interested in maths or science, you are treated as a second-class citizen.

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I was passionate about 'Strictly.' I was passionate about it in every way, but the one thing that I always felt I did was give good advice as to how the contestants could improve.

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Dancing should be as much a part of our daily routine as brushing our teeth.

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I think I'm a bit like Tigger, always bounding around. Where it comes from I don't really know; probably too much espresso.

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Everything I do seems to get so much attention since 'Strictly Come Dancing.'

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I was probably around 14 or 15 when I became really conscious of those girls who were going on to the Royal Ballet school, and that I was not Royal Ballet school material, not by a long stretch.

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