Quotes from Phillip Schofield

I am very conscious of the fact I am in people's living rooms every day, and they feel like they know me.

When it first started, I loved the fact 'This Morning' was an adult version of Saturday morning television.

I loved the Four Seasons in Cairo.

You never know what is going on in someone's head when they you think they are leading the perfect life.

I thought maybe I was bisexual.

If you follow someone on Twitter, you're interested in what they have to say. When you get bored you follow someone else.

You can tell when you look at someone and think 'he's on the brink of fainting' or that certainly something's not right.

If I was a pig to work with I would never get asked back.

Mickey Mouse to me means safety, comfort and tradition. A general wash of happiness.

To do a year and a half on stage at the London Palladium was a buzz that's hard to beat.

I love this time of year. I'm the world's biggest Christmas fan!

It's a ridiculously expensive time of year and if you buy something that you've guessed at and it's not right, what a waste of money. Far better to ask. And if you do it with three or four weeks to go, by the time it comes to Christmas you've forgotten about it - so it's a lovely surprise.

I play along with 'Pointless' and I love 'The Chase.' I'm not bad either - geography, biology and history are my strong points.

At the age of 10 I started writing to the BBC about getting into broadcasting. It went on for years. I was 17 when they finally gave in and offered me a job as a bookings clerk in sport and outside broadcast.

Mums and dads, if you've bought something that needs putting together, do it before Christmas. When the kids have gone to bed, do a little bit every night. Then on Christmas morning, they can actually play, rather than standing over your shoulder, saying: 'Is it done yet?'

I love the fact we do break taboos.

Our daughters have always been a credit to us. And I am so proud of them.

I meet people who are so sniffy about daytime TV.

I'm incredibly sentimental, although I'm not one of those people who doesn't chuck anything out; I don't keep used tea bags - just special mementos.

I don't want people turning on the telly and going, 'Dear God, not him again.'

My technicolour dreamcoat is the only thing I've stolen. It would be a terrible shame if it went up in smoke after the trouble I went to get it. I was wearing it during the most terrifying moment of my life - the opening night of 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' was fear beyond compare.

As long as those adjectives used to describe me - charming, affable, punctual - don't mean that I'm dull, then that's fine. And I am polite - I was brought up to be that way.

As far as I'm concerned, 'This Morning' has always pushed the boundaries.

I was lucky enough to fly in Concorde, and you get up to 65,000 feet, and I could see the curvature of the Earth.