Declan Donnelly Quotes

Declan Donnelly

Profession : Producer

Birth : September 25, 1975

Put your head down and work hard and you can achieve what you want. You can end up in Buckingham Palace.

Declan Donnelly

We did a version of 'You Bet' called 'Wanna Bet' in the U.S. a couple of years ago. It was a good little show but the network put it on over the summer on Mondays so nobody watched it.

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When we became TV presenters, I found a place for myself and Ant bought the house for sale two doors away.

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We saw the band as an acting job - it was an extension of 'Byker Grove.' We were even still called PJ and Duncan.

Declan Donnelly

I might be a natural show-off but being your best mate's best man is a different kettle of fish.

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When we met Susan Boyle she was a very unassuming lady. We didn't expect anything and we were probably a little dismissive of her.

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I do like 'Question Time.'

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We're incredibly lucky and I get to work with my best mate - I don't know why I'd ever want to stop doing that really.

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You know you're getting older when the record executives start getting younger.

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I was a bit nervous before I got married and Ant said to me: 'Honestly, it just gets better.' It's amazing and the best thing I ever did.

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We've talked about a sitcom and a comedy drama. It's getting the right project and working with the right people.

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We got sacked for the first time when we were just 18 and you realise that this whole industry is transient and changeable.

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Nobody ever sets out to make a flop, but it's going to happen. You have to pick yourself up, dust yourself down and say: 'Right, we go again.'

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We always had one eye on doing Saturday night TV even when we were back doing mornings. That's where we wanted to go to get a bigger audience.

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When we used to watch some BBC kids' shows it felt like some of the presenters were parental figures, we wanted to be their cheeky uncles really, their fun uncles, and speak to them on their level.

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We did 'Friends Like These' on BBC and 'Slap Bang' on ITV which didn't work as well.

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We need to start saying no to stuff.

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No one looks forward to getting old do they?

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We want to bring the kids, the parents, the grandparents and grandkids together, we want them to have a shared viewing experience. We want the kids to talk about it in the playground, dad to talk about it down the pub, grandma to talk about it while she's out shopping.

Declan Donnelly

Thank you to everyone who works with us on our shows for making us look like we know what we're doing.

Declan Donnelly