Vick Hope

I just felt really ugly growing up.

— Vick Hope

Fandoms are less tribal than they used to be.

— Vick Hope

I climbed Kilimanjaro when I was 18.

— Vick Hope

There is no prescribed route into presenting.

— Vick Hope

I take escapism from books.

— Vick Hope

I have to get up about half four every morning for the 'Breakfast' show.

— Vick Hope

Music for me was a release, an escapism and it was really exciting.

— Vick Hope

Taking risks doesn't mean shirking responsibility, but embracing possibilities.

— Vick Hope

I don't think that we should be trying to forge love online. I think that we should get it offline.

— Vick Hope

I used to do contemporary dance, I'd pretend to be a tree or a rock.

— Vick Hope

I've felt very proud of British artists from a young age.

— Vick Hope

We have a responsibility to help people who are less fortunate.

— Vick Hope

Goodbyes do not need to be negative, as you're saying hello to something new.

— Vick Hope

In this industry, you're trying to make something of yourself, trying to build something, you want to do a good job -…

— Vick Hope

I realised that rather than looking for someone else to be an 'other half' to make me whole, that I need to…

— Vick Hope

When I lived in Argentina I had to change my sense of humour to fit in - I became a slapstick character…

— Vick Hope

I used to do people's online dating for them. I had clients in San Francisco, L.A., New York and they'd pay me…

— Vick Hope

I guess you could say my beauty routine is to do fun stuff with great people, laugh lots, work hard and be…

— Vick Hope

There is a level of confidence you need before the day comes when you realise that what makes you different is really…

— Vick Hope

The idea of what forms your identity and whether you fit in as one thing or another is something that we all…

— Vick Hope

When I was growing up we didn't have TV in our house which is perhaps why I work in TV because it…

— Vick Hope

Girl, Woman, Other' by Bernadine Evaristo is so phenomenally written, following the interlinking lives and stories of women of colour navigating life…

— Vick Hope

I have completely tired myself out before - but I think that's natural, we all find it difficult to find balance. It's…

— Vick Hope

I did some modelling when I was 16 and was told I was a 'palatable kind of brown.' That hit me quite…

— Vick Hope

It sounds like I literally stand outside of the offices of ITV shouting, 'Give me another spin-off.' But I do love them,…

— Vick Hope

I'm from Newcastle and went to Cambridge University and I worried whether I'd fit in; I'm mixed race, so my mum grew…

— Vick Hope

Travelling alone gave me time and space, free of the pressures of trying to verbalise experiences, so I could simply feel the…

— Vick Hope

When I was younger, Brits night was a big night and I cared deeply who was going to win the awards, who…

— Vick Hope

When I was growing up all I ever wanted was straight hair as you want to be the same as everyone else…

— Vick Hope

For me, the ideal job would be 'The One Show' because you're constantly talking to new people.

— Vick Hope

I wanted to stand out from the other kids who had gone to Eton.

— Vick Hope

I don't think there's a happier place than when you're dancing and feeling the music.

— Vick Hope

BBC One's 'Noughts and Crosses' feels like catching up with your oldest mates from home.

— Vick Hope

I broke my leg playing football and cycled to the hospital.

— Vick Hope

Giving back is really important. My mother always instilled in me that you have to help others.

— Vick Hope

Everything Olivia Colman touches turns to gold, she's just so brilliant.

— Vick Hope

Rupi Kaur is an author and poet who posts the most beautiful, thought-provoking excerpts on her Instagram.

— Vick Hope

I'm much better at flirting with women than I am with flirting with men!

— Vick Hope

Even at weddings, I'm quite often put on the children's table, even though I'm very much a full adult.

— Vick Hope

We are where we come from but also where we are going.

— Vick Hope