Quotes by Bruce Forsyth

No one – apart from my agent, perhaps – should leave one of my shows in tears.

I’m not even really a joke-teller. I can do ad-lib and banter, but I don’t do jokes.

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.

Just doing any kind of work – even an interview for breakfast television – makes me feel happy.

I read a lot when I’m away. I love courtroom dramas and I’m always looking for new authors.

I don’t do close-ups any more. I am better looking from the waist downwards.

When I was in the business as a young performer, it was a recognised fact that when you got to 60 you were out, because there’d be a new crop of comics coming up all the time, every 10 years or so.

In my mind, everything is too sanitised on television – what is wrong with things going wrong?

I hate Mondays – I hate that feeling you’ve got to get yourself up.

When a performer doesn’t get nervous, that is when you have to give up.