A biography for Ant McPartlinhasn’t been written yet.
“To be fair, life is too short. There is no point holding grudges or anything like that.”
“There's always an extra 10% you give when it's live as suppose to do a pre-recorded show.”
“If it wasn't for 'Byker Grove' we wouldn't be where we are today.”
“Loads of people thought we were gay.”
“If you grow up poor, I'm not sure you ever shake that off.”
“Katie Hopkins was in 'I'm A Celebrity' but you wouldn't really remember her doing it, as she didn't really shine.”
“It takes me hours to get to sleep. I just lie there waiting, constantly thinking. I used to make lists, but it became addictive.”
“We learnt a lot from doing Panto, actually back when we were still doing 'SMTV: Live.' We learnt how far we could push things and the show was all the better for that. I think that taught us you really have to know your audience because you could see how they would react to things.”
“If you are enjoying yourself its infectious.”
“In L.A. or New York, we don't fit. I think middle America could relate to us a lot, but we've never been given the opportunity to get out there.”
“We did the original 'Pop Idol,' so I don't think we could go back to do a singing show.”
“If the whole of the industry is suffering it would be naive to assume we would not suffer too.”
“Just saying I'd like to do a sitcom is poison words, isn't it?”
“We've done 'Britain's Got Talent' and we work well with Simon Cowell and have done for years.”
“We love the 'Britain's Got Talent' process, we love interacting and responding with the public, it's just good fun.”
“Life hit me hard.”
“Entertainment is about having a blast.”
“I've got an Aston Martin.”
“We struggle so much with wanting everybody to like us, we weaken ourselves at times.”
“We never wanted to move to a niche slot at 11 at night so that we could be a lot cleverer and bluer. We just want to do those big light-entertainment shows we loved as kids.”