A biography for Ant McPartlinhasn’t been written yet.
“Dec's punctuality leaves a lot to be desired.”
“People are always telling me to cheer up.”
“With 'SMTV' it was a very brave decision by ITV to commission it for a year. It was so awful to start with and the ratings were so low to start with we might never have made it past the first six months.”
“For years I thought of many other people. As we all do. But we should all step back and say, 'What's making me unhappy? What's not working for me? What can I take out for a bit and take out long-term that will help me a bit?'”
“I would go into the Jungle if I wasn't hosting it or I'd like to do 'MasterChef.' But 'Strictly?' God, no!”
“When our characters in 'Byker Grove,' PJ and Duncan, shared a storyline, we became really close. We'd go out to the pictures, stay at each other's houses, have parties when family members were away.”
“We love 'I'm a Celebrity,' 'Britain's Got Talent,' 'Saturday Night Takeway,' but they're all live shows.”
“The thing about 'CD:U.K.' was, because the show started quite small with small viewing figures and it built and built, the bigger the figures got, the better and bigger the pop star you got.”
“When we have time off I think we just want to play a bit of golf.”
“I'm just one of those people who happens to be all or nothing. A lot of people can be middle. I'm not.”
“When we used to tour before we would stay in a Travelodge and had to share a room. One of us would have the bed and the other the pull-down sofa.”
“I need to be cared for and looked after. I need to be aware of things more and I am now.”
“Life just swallowed me up for a few years.”
“We have a show very early on called 'Slap Bang' on a Saturday night and it didn't work. It started off peak time and started getting earlier and earlier in the schedule. I think that that taught us you have to adapt.”
“I purposely, throughout the whole of my divorce, have not said anything publicly. I've not been on social media or put any of my personal views out there. It's not my style.”
“My dad and I didn't speak for a long time, but we're talking again now, which is great.”
“For a double act to work, you shouldn't have egos.”
“Some people are very cynical about it, but we're not trying to replace Bob and Terry.”
“It's OK to take time off and say to friends that I need to get well.”
“I let a lot of people down, and for that I am truly sorry.”