Angela Rippon

I studied ballet until I was 16.

— Angela Rippon

I've never grown up.

— Angela Rippon

I'm a terrible hoarder.

— Angela Rippon

Yes, there is ageism in television.

— Angela Rippon

Clearly, I'm a journalist.

— Angela Rippon

Television isn't brain surgery.

— Angela Rippon

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

— Angela Rippon

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

— Angela Rippon

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

— Angela Rippon

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

— Angela Rippon

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

— Angela Rippon

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

— 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

Ever since I passed my driving test when I was 17, I've had a special bond with my vehicles.

— Angela Rippon

I did one of the first interviews with Mrs Thatcher. I think, from memory, she came across then as a sort of…

— Angela Rippon

I'm an Ambassador for Alzheimer's U.K. and follow new research initiatives closely.

— Angela Rippon

Paris is one of those cities where you can just walk for hours. I always go to the Musee d'Orsay and just…

— Angela Rippon

The fact that I can raise my leg vertically is entirely down to being naturally flexible. It's not dancing.

— Angela Rippon

Body maintenance is high on my list of priorities, and I have a pretty healthy diet anyway.

— Angela Rippon

My father, who was a Royal Marine, was a huge influence on me. He always said, 'I never want to die with…

— 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

Television is quite a fickle business - you don't know when you'll go out of fashion, so I have to save for…

— Angela Rippon

Television cannot be seen as a 'job for life.' My CV is full of programmes that I used to present. I was…

— Angela Rippon

It's always great to meet fans who want to chat as I push my trolley around the supermarket aisles, and I always…

— Angela Rippon

Dartmoor is my secret getaway. I love the freedom, the expanse and the solitude of the moor. I love walking or riding…

— Angela Rippon

Ballet is great for spatial awareness. It does wonders for your core and your flexibility and, of course, you have to exercise…

— Angela Rippon

When mum was diagnosed in 2004 there was a stigma attached to the condition and people didn't really talk about it. But…

— Angela Rippon

If your hair looks a mess, you feel a mess. And that's the one thing guaranteed to sap a woman's self-confidence. No…

— Angela Rippon

I'll never be rich because I've never been in that 3m contract league, but I am financially secure. If one door closes,…

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

— Angela Rippon

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

— Angela Rippon

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

— Angela Rippon

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

— Angela Rippon

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

— Angela Rippon

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

— Angela Rippon

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

— Angela Rippon

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

— 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