Quotes from Craig Revel Horwood

You are under great scrutiny when you are adopting, more so than natural parents. There are a lot of interviews, screenings etc.

I've got an iPod, of course. I'm all Mac'd up!

My wife Jane left me for another man. Then I fell in love with a bloke. I have been gay ever since.

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

I was quite chubby, so when I started dancing professionally I had to work hard to stay slim.

My signature dish is seafood lasagne - massive king prawns, smoked haddock, cod and a white sauce.

I like stuff like Joy Division and Verdi, and then some naff stuff.

I like getting blotto at parties but I also like being sober and I hate the hangover.

I'm on Grindr, Scruff, Match.com. That's the way everyone meets these days, three of my friends have got married after meeting on Grindr.

Sports men and women need hip replacements. It was all those years of classical ballet and forcing turn-outs. It can be quite detrimental to your body.

Freddie Mercury made a lot of sense to me even though I didn't understand the lyrics.

Buying my new house in the country wasn't about showing off or being something I'm not, like Madonna when she turned into the country lass with her tweeds on.

The X Factor' - I watch it because I'm always searching for talent to use in my musicals, so they do all the groundwork for me.

I love getting in the kitchen because I don't get the chance when I'm staying in hotels and on the road.

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

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

When I was opening my first bank account, the person at the counter thought I was a girl.

I once called EastEnders' Patsy Palmer 'a scrubber in a Puffa jacket who cries all the time' on 'Strictly.' She said I wasn't actually a dancer. That wasn't my finest moment.

Strictly' is the most successful reality format in the world - it's in the 'Guinness Book of Records' - going to 38 countries. 'X Factor' hasn't done that.

I'm not saying the persona on 'Strictly' isn't me - it's just that the nurturing side, which is also a part of who I am, isn't what I'm there for. I'm there to judge and to give an honest opinion, even if it's not the opinion someone wants to hear.

I've learnt not to expect a lot from supermodels - we've had them on 'Strictly' before and they've been horrendous.

Don't get me wrong, I really like being a judge on 'Strictly.' But my first love and passion is directing and choreography and I will be doing that until the day I die.

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

Strictly' is Saturday night fun. The pay's not amazing.