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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
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Edmonton
London
Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson
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Ambition can take the place of everything - even sex.
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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 love getting on You Tube to look at the old comics. I am in my element seeing guys like Jack Benny and Phil Silvers give interviews.
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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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Although I'm predominantly known for game-shows, I do prefer to be known as a performer.
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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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It's important for a dancer to wear very tight underpants. I used to feel a bit exposed if I wasn't being held up in the right place.
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Just doing any kind of work - even an interview for breakfast television - makes me feel happy.
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Some people hate the sight of me as soon as they see me on television. They loathe the look of me, and I accept that from the days of variety. I would walk on and some people would open a newspaper and think, 'He's first on, so he can't be any good.' I accept 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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I read a lot when I'm away. I love courtroom dramas and I'm always looking for new authors.
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If I couldn't move, I don't know what I would do. That would be terrifying for me I don't know how I'd cope with that.
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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 don't do close-ups any more. I am better looking from the waist downwards.
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If I go out one night, I must stay in the next. It's the same with my golf. If I play one day, I don't play the next. I try to pace myself.
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No one - apart from my agent, perhaps - should leave one of my shows in tears.
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Lots of people come up to me and call me Sir Bruce now. Interviewers call me Sir with every question, but I never make a point of making people call me Sir. It doesn't matter to me, though it was a great honour to be knighted. I'm very proud of it.
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I'm not even really a joke-teller. I can do ad-lib and banter, but I don't do jokes.
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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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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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