Top 70 Craig Revel Horwood Quotes

I met Prince Harry at Westminster and I want him to be my new boyfriend, but unfortunately I don’t think it is going to happen.

How many dancers in their life get a job that will last 15 years? Not many.

The problem is most people in the world can’t take criticism.

Sometimes people need to think of themselves as lions or tigers. Even panthers.

I’m on Grindr, Scruff, Match.com. That’s the way everyone meets these days, three of my friends have got married after meeting on Grindr.

I go through the same trials and tribulations as anyone else.

When I’m in a relationship I’m monogamous.

All my ex-boyfriends, bar one, are my best friends.

I’m a lovely person, considerate and loving.

I always thought I needed the support of someone in a long-term relationship to make me whole.

I like fresh, crisp, cool, plain white cotton sheets from Calvin Klein.

I like telling people the truth.

I had long eyelashes and the other kids used to say I wore mascara.

I like laying by the pool but I do tend to get a bit bored after a couple of days chilling out.

With ‘The X Factor‘ I think the audiences have lost faith and trust in it so that’s its problem. You want to be watching something real and dynamic and something you can trust and believe in.

I’m a workaholic.

Love Island‘ is for people who aren’t celebrities, who’ve done nothing in their life and are trying to be someone and get something to be famous.

What would people be surprised to know about me? That I love cooking and chopping wood for the heating system in my house.

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 play the Wicked Queen in ‘Snow White.’ I’m not typecast. It’s terrible. I should be Prince Charming.

The BBC don’t pay what they pay in America or on ITV.

I think women should be paid the same as men. That’s for sure. But what would you say to a woman coming in after you’ve been in the job for 15 years when they’ve done absolutely nothing to earn it? I don’t think that’s right.

Actors are very emotional, whereas sports people are used to criticism.

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.

I like getting blotto at parties but I also like being sober and I hate the hangover.

I used to go to clubs and sing as myself but people weren’t interested. And then I turned up as a woman and suddenly everyone was interested.

I direct as many shows as I can fit in between ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ and other performance stuff.

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.

Don’t get me wrong, I really like being a judge on ‘Strictly.’ But my first love and passion is directing and choreography and I will be doing that until the day I die.

My tights split while I was tap dancing in the West End in 1993.

Friendly Fires were dull, and I wouldn’t really sit down and listen to Hot Chip.

I grew up with ‘Chess‘ and the music from the show.

I’m not saying the persona on ‘Strictly’ isn’t me – it’s just that the nurturing side, which is also a part of who I am, isn’t what I’m there for. I’m there to judge and to give an honest opinion, even if it’s not the opinion someone wants to hear.

Ricky Whittle is fabulous.

I’d adopt an older child, not a baby.

Strictly’ is nothing like ‘Love Island’… absolutely not.

If I was to pretend my father didn’t exist and I didn’t have anything to remember him by, then it wouldn’t be healthy.

You are under great scrutiny when you are adopting, more so than natural parents. There are a lot of interviews, screenings etc.

When I was opening my first bank account, the person at the counter thought I was a girl.

I like working with directors I respect, who give me freedom but also give me a good base from which to work.

People tend to think when you’re at the top, you need bashing down. It doesn’t make any sense whatsoever.

I was short and fat as a child.

I danced with Courtney Act, which was absolutely fantastic.

Yes I’ve had my nose done.

I love getting in the kitchen because I don’t get the chance when I’m staying in hotels and on the road.

My ears are too big.

But ‘Strictly’ is meant to showcase people with talents in acting, singing, sports, journalism… not fame-seekers with no discernible talent.

The colour of someone’s skin doesn’t explain anything.

If I have to do my tax online, the government should pay for my Internet hook-up, darling.

I was quite chubby, so when I started dancing professionally I had to work hard to stay slim.

There can be dramas in your life and you can get over them and become someone. You don’t have to wallow in self-pity; you can actually use the experiences in your life to push yourself further and help others.

I’ve battled food issues since my late teens.

Strictly’ has evolved – there are such beautiful stories within each dance. We’re not doing a ballroom and Latin competition, it’s an entertainment show.

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.

I was bullied mercilessly through school for my weight problem.

My wife Jane left me for another man. Then I fell in love with a bloke. I have been gay ever since.

The X Factor’ – I watch it because I’m always searching for talent to use in my musicals, so they do all the groundwork for me.

I always say the most important thing is the ability to act, then sing, then dance – in that order.

I hated sport, but at 13, I went to an aerobics class and the teacher thought I had natural rhythm. She suggested formal dance classes, and that’s when I finally found something I was really good at.

I did not expect to become a celebrity or be known by the public at all.

Celebrity is worthless and useless, it takes away your privacy.

I was bisexual for a long time. I flitted between men and women quite a lot between the ages of 17 and 26.

I love my bike, a hybrid Matrix Express, which is fast, cheap, easy to park and good exercise.

Sports men and women need hip replacements. It was all those years of classical ballet and forcing turn-outs. It can be quite detrimental to your body.

If you really have a passion for something, you should follow it and listen to your inner voice.

I chose when I was 30 to change my life entirely and become a director and sit in the dark and that’s what I love doing.

The Thorn Birds‘ by Colleen McCullough. I took it on a holiday to Greece and just fell in love with it.

I like committed, one-on-one relationships. That’s just who I am.

For personality, you’re not going to get better than Ricky Groves. He really goes for it.

Freddie Mercury made a lot of sense to me even though I didn’t understand the lyrics.