Craig Revel Horwood

I was short and fat as a child.

— Craig Revel Horwood

My ears are too big.

— Craig Revel Horwood

I like telling people the truth.

— Craig Revel Horwood

Ricky Whittle is fabulous.

— Craig Revel Horwood

I'd adopt an older child, not a baby.

— Craig Revel Horwood

Yes I've had my nose done.

— Craig Revel Horwood

All my ex-boyfriends, bar one, are my best friends.

— Craig Revel Horwood

I'm a lovely person, considerate and loving.

— Craig Revel Horwood

Sometimes people need to think of themselves as lions or tigers. Even panthers.

— Craig Revel Horwood

Strictly' is nothing like 'Love Island'... absolutely not.

— Craig Revel Horwood

I don't want a splashy magazine wedding with celebrities.

— Craig Revel Horwood

My tights split while I was tap dancing in the West End in 1993.

— Craig Revel Horwood

Actors are very emotional, whereas sports people are used to criticism.

— Craig Revel Horwood

I had long eyelashes and the other kids used to say I wore mascara.

— Craig Revel Horwood

I play the Wicked Queen in 'Snow White.' I'm not typecast. It's terrible. I should be Prince Charming.

— Craig Revel Horwood

If you really have a passion for something, you should follow it and listen to your inner voice.

— Craig Revel Horwood

Discovering that my great-great-grandfather Harry was Australasian clog-dancing champion in 1871 was extraordinary.

— Craig Revel Horwood

But 'Strictly' is meant to showcase people with talents in acting, singing, sports, journalism... not fame-seekers with no discernible talent.

— Craig Revel Horwood

People tend to think when you're at the top, you need bashing down. It doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

— Craig Revel Horwood

I direct as many shows as I can fit in between 'Strictly Come Dancing' and other performance stuff.

— Craig Revel Horwood

It's important to me that people don't go spouting off about anything in your life.

— Craig Revel Horwood

Lots of celebrities have had some sort of dance training, especially actors or singers - they have to have some movement skill…

— Craig Revel Horwood

My relationship with my dad was complex, especially when I came out. The years of verbal abuse, all of it drink-fuelled, were…

— Craig Revel Horwood

I'm not saying the persona on 'Strictly' isn't me - it's just that the nurturing side, which is also a part of…

— Craig Revel Horwood

With 'The X Factor' I think the audiences have lost faith and trust in it so that's its problem. You want to…

— Craig Revel Horwood

As a dancer, you go from one show to the next, and you never know where your next pound is coming from,…

— Craig Revel Horwood

There can be dramas in your life and you can get over them and become someone. You don't have to wallow in…

— Craig Revel Horwood

Don't get me wrong, I really like being a judge on 'Strictly.' But my first love and passion is directing and choreography…

— Craig Revel Horwood

I feel as though I'm constantly defending myself. I'm up against challengers from the ballroom world, from the dance world, people on…

— Craig Revel Horwood

X Factor' creates a Christmas single that puts money in other people's pockets. Whereas 'Strictly''s not out to do that, at all.…

— Craig Revel Horwood

When I'm in a relationship I'm monogamous.

— Craig Revel Horwood

I like committed, one-on-one relationships. That's just who I am.

— Craig Revel Horwood

I like fresh, crisp, cool, plain white cotton sheets from Calvin Klein.

— Craig Revel Horwood

I go through the same trials and tribulations as anyone else.

— Craig Revel Horwood

I danced with Courtney Act, which was absolutely fantastic.

— Craig Revel Horwood

I grew up with 'Chess' and the music from the show.

— Craig Revel Horwood

I might be a celebrity but I've still got to have the dosh.

— Craig Revel Horwood

The BBC don't pay what they pay in America or on ITV.

— Craig Revel Horwood

Villains are far more interesting to play than nice people.

— Craig Revel Horwood

How many dancers in their life get a job that will last 15 years? Not many.

— Craig Revel Horwood