Quotes by Bruce Forsyth

About Bruce Forsyth:

Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson is a British television presenter and entertainer whose career spans 75 years. In 2012, the Guinness World Records recognised Forsyth as having the longest television career for a male entertainer.
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I'm not even really a joke-teller. I can do ad-lib and banter, but I don't do jokes.

Bruce Forsyth

If I couldn't move, I don't know what I would do. That would be terrifying for me; I don't know how I'd cope with that.

Bruce Forsyth

Ambition can take the place of everything - even sex.

Bruce Forsyth

Although I'm predominantly known for game-shows, I do prefer to be known as a performer.

Bruce Forsyth

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

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

Bruce Forsyth

People think I rush around all day long like a raving lunatic. I'm much more relaxed than that.

Bruce Forsyth

Probably more than anybody else, I loved Nat 'King' Cole as a performer - not only his singing but his piano playing. Whenever he had a new record come out, I'd get it and try to learn how he was playing. And he was one of the nicest people I'd ever ...

Bruce Forsyth

Once you've experienced the warmth of an audience, the achievement of getting your first laugh, and entertaining them, singing or playing piano, it just keeps it all going.

Bruce Forsyth

My biggest regret is that my mother didn't see me walk on to that London Palladium stage, being the star she always wanted me to be. But I always say that when she reached Heaven, she had a word with a few agents.

Bruce Forsyth

It gets harder every day to get out of bed. I don't feel like it loads of the time. It is only my exercise routine which wakes me up.

Bruce Forsyth

I met my darling wife Wilnelia in 1980 when we were on the judging panel for the Miss World contest at the Royal Albert Hall. With two ex-wives and five daughters, I thought I wouldn't be involved with anyone for a long time - if ever. Winnie was so ...

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

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Author Bio

  • NameBruce Forsyth
  • DescriptionEnglish television presenter and entertainer
  • AliasesSir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson
  • BornFebruary 22, 1928
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionTelevision Presenter; Comedian; Singer; Dancer; Actor
  • AwardsCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire