Quotes from Gok Wan

I learned all my life skills working in a restaurant. How to have a relationship, manage, develop a brand, dress people, make people confident - everything.

Forget the running and the jogging. Being so paranoid about being obese is the thing that kills you.

I dropped out of my drama course at university after a year and just floated from rubbish job to rubbish job, with no self-esteem and no idea what I wanted to do.

I have severe OCD and I like fun too much.

You can teach people to sew, set up a fashion shoot, send emails, deal with the media, but what you can't teach is a sense of style. You've either got it or you haven't, it's as simple as that.

I love to be close to shops as shopping is one of my biggest passions.

It was rare to see an Asian man and white woman together when my parents fell in love. They went through years of persecution and harassment.

My biggest problem is not acting my age.

I had such a terrible time at school, just an awful time of being bullied.

People think you go home and be a celeb, sipping Laurent-Perrier and listening to classical music. You don't. You go home and wash some pants in the sink.

I do have a camp side to my personality, but I also have a 'Top Gear'-loving, football-loving side.

Coco Chanel had that famous line about when you go out the house take off one accessory, so I kind of live by that rule.

Well, when you're on the television you constantly get asked to work with charities and it's really hard to work with all of the charities that ask you, and of course we all want to give back.

It's not like I'm going to be the new tele chef or anything, I don't want that at all.

If you have an amazing sparkly dress or dramatic outfit, make sure you keep the accessories simple.

Food is a language that my entire family have used to communicate with each other.

My non-Chinese food favorite... can I say sushi? It's still Asian.

I became the nation's sweetheart because I'm a safe gay. I'm non-intrusive.

Anyone can apply for 'Say Yes to the Dress' - same-sex couples, themed weddings, traditional weddings, the full works.

Shopping for weddings can be really stressful, and not just for the bride!

I grew up on a poor council estate so I know what it feels like not to have the money to dress as you'd like.

I've been on lots of bad dates and it's never been because of me.

I'm very shy deep down.

The U.K. perception of beauty is totally out of whack.