34 Quotes by Amanda Holden

My family are my priority but I’ve always had a strong work ethic and I like to be busy.

I didn’t go nightclubbing much as a teenager in Bournemouth because my friends and I didn’t have the money – but we spent a lot of time on the beach, having barbecues, and running into the sea in the middle of the night.

I’m in the lucky position financially where I don’t have to do things I don’t want to do.

My mum loves cats so I took her to see the lion cubs which at about a year old are actually quite big. She wasn’t scared at all and went straight over and kissed one on the mouth! She thought they were just like her pets at home.

I should have been out there having a wild time like all the other girls my age, but I wasn’t. I was going home every night to what was, initially, a very happy marriage.

If I had a dream show, I probably shouldn’t even mention it in this climate, but it would be like a kind of Fix It show.

In the past, I’ve thrown myself into work so much there’s been very little room for anything else.