Angela Rippon

I studied ballet until I was 16.

— Angela Rippon

Television isn't brain surgery.

— Angela Rippon

Yes, there is ageism in television.

— Angela Rippon

I'm a terrible hoarder.

— Angela Rippon

Clearly, I'm a journalist.

— Angela Rippon

I've never grown up.

— Angela Rippon

I was born in Devon and I often visit Tavistock, my spiritual bolt-hole.

— Angela Rippon

It's the pleasure of the moment that really matters to someone with dementia.

— Angela Rippon

Dance is not just good for you physically, but emotionally and psychologically.

— Angela Rippon

I can go away for a week with a really tiny suitcase.

— Angela Rippon

Life is for living and we should all aspire to grow old disgracefully.

— Angela Rippon

I'm very lucky to work with young people all the time in my profession.

— Angela Rippon

As women get older we learn a lot more about men. We understand them better.

— Angela Rippon

My full-time job is working in television, which is a very full-time job.

— Angela Rippon

Languages are terrific, but learning something totally different, such as Mandarin may exercise the grey matter more than just brushing up rusty…

— Angela Rippon

If we were all a bit more courteous to each other and humanity, it would make all of us nicer and make…

— Angela Rippon

I've seen the importance of the attitude towards supporting people in other parts of the world and the way in which that…

— Angela Rippon

If I want to get in touch with someone, I pick up a phone, I send them an e-mail or I write…

— Angela Rippon

There are lots of us mature people out there, learning to ski or travelling or salsa dancing, and quite right too.

— Angela Rippon

I've travelled in many of the areas where horses and donkeys are the most vital part of a family economy.

— Angela Rippon

I shall wear what I feel good in and frankly that's my choice and nobody else's business.

— Angela Rippon

I've been around dance all my life, which means I know what it's supposed to look like.

— Angela Rippon

On the BBC programme I did with Dr Chris van Tulleken, 'How to Stay Young,' we proved scientifically that dance is the…

— Angela Rippon

There has been sexism in broadcasting for a very long time. Fortunately when I started in broadcasting there wasn't because nobody had…

— Angela Rippon

Fraud has boomed during the covid crisis, with losses hitting a record 2 billion. That is why it's imperative the Government does…

— Angela Rippon

My first school was St George's, Stonehouse, in the centre of Plymouth. At the time, the area was quite deprived, so there…

— Angela Rippon

When I was four-years-old, my mother took me to the family doctor to sort out my knock knees. His suggestion was either…

— Angela Rippon

I do a lot of daytime television presenting and think if you're rude about it, then you're being rude about people who…

— Angela Rippon

There is something truly satisfying about hearing the 'pop' of a locked joint as it yields to the hands of a skilful…

— Angela Rippon

What the heck is the point of doing an hour's exercise in a gym if all you end up with is a…

— Angela Rippon

I would never cast aspersions about another broadcaster, and I do agree that prime time television is ageist, of course it is.…

— Angela Rippon

My mother Edna was diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2004, and for the next four years I looked after her at home…

— Angela Rippon

I've promised my godchildren that I'll grow old disgracefully.

— Angela Rippon

If I'm smothered in suntan lotion, I can lie on the beach all day.

— Angela Rippon

I think I've got better and more observant as I've got older.

— Angela Rippon

A good female broadcast journalist is worth her weight in gold.

— Angela Rippon

Some people living with dementia may become anxious in crowds and traffic jams.

— Angela Rippon

If you never take a risk at anything, how much of life stays closed to you!

— Angela Rippon

I have to have my curling tong with me at all times.

— Angela Rippon

The best thing about being a woman is that we're very good at talking to each other and sharing experiences.

— Angela Rippon