Declan Donnelly Quotes

Declan Donnelly

Profession : Producer

Birth : September 25, 1975

The first meaningful friendship moment we had was when Ant sent me a Fred Flintstone Christmas card and it said, 'To Dec from Ant, have a yabba dabba do Christmas.'

Declan Donnelly

We always said our career was built on our friendship and that our friendship was the secret of our success. The career just happened by accident.

Declan Donnelly

I think there is more to this world than we can possibly fathom. There's got to be.

Declan Donnelly

The thing that I miss more than anything is doing Saturday morning telly. It was the best, best, best three years.

Declan Donnelly

I think Ant and I were ambitious because of where we come from. Both of us are from working-class families on council estates in Newcastle.

Declan Donnelly

I love a sneeze.

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Ant was the only person who knew I was going to propose.

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I think we're paid a going rate for how well our shows do.

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We were pushing the boundaries a bit of Saturday morning telly and trying new things.

Declan Donnelly

Ours is a career built on a friendship, not a friendship built on a career.

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I learnt violin at school and hated it. I wish I'd learnt guitar or piano.

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I think from doing so many live shows it gives you a real appreciation of being present. You don't know what's going to happen, you don't know what is around the corner.

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We never want the audience to get bored.

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I think working as part of a brotherhood shows you can achieve personal satisfaction in a team.

Declan Donnelly

I think you learn every day. You can't buy experiences; all these experiences shape you.

Declan Donnelly

Anyone who's ever had a loved one go through addiction will know just how devastating it can be and how tough it is for those around them, as much as it is for the addict.

Declan Donnelly

When you're younger you feel more invincible - that nothing is ever going to get you down or beat you. When you get a bit older, you realise the fragility of things, how easy it is to get caught out by things - and Ant did.

Declan Donnelly

I was an average student. Not a dunce. Used to play for the school football team.

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We treated it as another acting job. Some of these other bands had been put together, and it was their dream come true to be in a band, and that wasn't really the case for us. It was the next part of what we were doing.

Declan Donnelly

We knew we were making records for a certain demographic. We didn't look outside of that.

Declan Donnelly