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Not working is bad for you. It is my drug, it gives me a high most performers will tell you that. And there is nothing like the high that an audience gives you.

Bruce Forsyth

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Bruce Forsyth
Age: 89 †
Born: 1928
Born: February 22
Died: 2017
Died: August 18
Comedian
Dancer
Film Actor
Game Show Host
Presenter
Screenwriter
Singer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Television Presenter
Edmonton
London
Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson
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I met my darling wife Wilnelia in 1980 when we were on the judging panel for the Miss World contest at the Royal Albert Hall. With two ex-wives and five daughters, I thought I wouldn't be involved with anyone for a long time - if ever. Winnie was so gorgeous, my jaw dropped - and it's a big jaw to drop.
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It may be an old cliche, but I think true love will last it has no end. But finding the right person is a very difficult thing.
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It's frightening, the way life speeds up. When you're at school, time can't go fast enough.
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I read a lot when I'm away. I love courtroom dramas and I'm always looking for new authors.
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That Mick Jagger, I feel sorry for him. After all these years he still can't get no satisfaction.
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No one - apart from my agent, perhaps - should leave one of my shows in tears.
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Golf is hugely important, as it keeps me going.
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The secret to a happy marriage is if you can be at peace with someone within four walls, if you are content because the one you love is near to you, either upstairs or downstairs, or in the same room, and you feel that warmth that you don't find very often, then that is what love is all about.
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My father earned every penny he had, and I would have loved to have bought him a Rolls-Royce because his whole life was cars. Sadly, he didn't live to see the day when I could have done that for him, which still hurts.
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I can tell by the way somebody walks if they can dance or not. Just by the rhythm.
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It's sad when you see most of your friends in the business gone, like Tommy Cooper, Frankie Howard, Eric Morecambe, Roy Castle, Les Dawson. They were very dear to me. You no longer have the chance to bump into them at a celebrity do.
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I do lead a careful diet, I don't overeat, I have fruit and vegetables every day and I drink a lot of water. And my darling wife keeps me so young it is ridiculous. Being with her is an inspiration as well.
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There are enough tears in any child's life we certainly don't need to add to them in the name of entertainment.
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Nice to see you, to see you nice
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On stage, I think I'm 35. Working takes over my whole body and I become a younger man - that's why I won't stop.
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Just doing any kind of work - even an interview for breakfast television - makes me feel happy.
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People think I rush around all day long like a raving lunatic. I'm much more relaxed than that.
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Little did I know that there's nothing more competitive in the world than a professional ballroom dancer. They are as competitive as Olympic athletes.
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When you've been brought up in variety, I think timing is always important in your life. If I'm ever late for anything, whether it's personal or business, I always apologise. 'I'm sorry I'm late,' and all that. And if somebody is late meeting me, I expect them to say 'I'm sorry I'm late.' It's just, shall we say, showbiz etiquette of my day.
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I have no plans to rock myself to sleep in my bath chair yet.
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