A biography for Craig Revel Horwoodhasn’t been written yet.
“As a dancer, you go from one show to the next, and you never know where your next pound is coming from, and I think that's what makes me say yes to so many things, because there's always a fear that you won't have a job.”
“I believe in civil partnerships as it protects each partner. Whether I believe in marriage is a different thing.”
“Actors are very emotional, whereas sports people are used to criticism.”
“The colour of someone's skin doesn't explain anything.”
“Celebrity is worthless and useless, it takes away your privacy.”
“Friendly Fires were dull, and I wouldn't really sit down and listen to Hot Chip.”
“I always thought I needed the support of someone in a long-term relationship to make me whole.”
“I'm a lovely person, considerate and loving.”
“I might be a celebrity but I've still got to have the dosh.”
“When you take on an acting or dancing role, you have to trust your director, and in some ways there is freedom in relinquishing control.”
“People tend to think when you're at the top, you need bashing down. It doesn't make any sense whatsoever.”
“My relationship with my dad was complex, especially when I came out. The years of verbal abuse, all of it drink-fuelled, were difficult. Later, though, he came to see me on stage in 'La Cage aux Folles' - one of his favourite shows - and loved it. Theatre won him over and he accepted me in the end.”
“X Factor' creates a Christmas single that puts money in other people's pockets. Whereas 'Strictly''s not out to do that, at all. That's why I stand up for it - it isn't car-crash television.”
“I like getting blotto at parties but I also like being sober and I hate the hangover.”
“Strictly' is the most successful reality format in the world - it's in the 'Guinness Book of Records' - going to 38 countries. 'X Factor' hasn't done that.”
“Buying my new house in the country wasn't about showing off or being something I'm not, like Madonna when she turned into the country lass with her tweeds on.”
“If I have to do my tax online, the government should pay for my Internet hook-up, darling.”
“The BBC don't pay what they pay in America or on ITV.”
“Sometimes people need to think of themselves as lions or tigers. Even panthers.”
“I like stuff like Joy Division and Verdi, and then some naff stuff.”