Quotes from Tess Daly

I've got a treadmill, where I've realized I can watch Netflix and run 5k at the same time.

I eat chocolate and I love sweet treats.

I grew up with the norm being three meals a day. You wouldn't dream of skipping a meal.

Confidence comes from cutting yourself some slack.

Being married to a fellow northerner helps - he's got to keep it real or his mum would soon slap him into place.

That's what has been so much fun about the whole creative process. You can make your characters have adventures that you haven't had and might wish to have.

I dance every night at home in my kitchen; I'm a really good kitchen dancer.

I do Yoga with Adriene' online, on YouTube. It's awesome - and it's free!

And if my 10-year-old is Googling or looking on YouTube then she's got to do it in a room where we're present. We've put all the child safety settings in place, but you still can't predict what might turn up on a YouTube or Google search.

I can't obsess, I can't become somebody who grows old disgracefully, I'm not one of those people that tries to pin back the hands of time.

You know what men are like, they never really grow up, do they? Do they ever catch us up mentally? I don't think so.

Every time we visit my sister Karen in New Zealand I spend the next two months Googling properties and dreaming of escaping the British winter.

I don't usually show a lot of cleavage, it's not in my comfort zone.

I suddenly got magazine covers, TV commercials and advertising campaigns. Finally after two years I could show my mum and dad that modeling was lucrative.

I love my girls more than anything else in the world.

I would say that I'm definitely a morning person - I love getting out of bed and seizing the day ahead.

Storytime is so important. My little one, she's all about that last thing at night. It's such a special time because they just snuggle up and it's just magical.

I've got a long spine, so I've got to work on my core.

I have been spinning a lot of plates, like every mum.

I'd hate to have a spoilt brat - I'd think I hadn't done my job properly.

'The Naked Civil Servant' by Quentin Crisp. I was so intrigued by the man, I hunted him down when I moved to New York. My first interview was with him. I filmed our conversation and it got me my first job in television.

Even when someone fails, there's never an underlying nastiness or cruelty. We're an affectionate show and we're not poking fun at anyone. Strictly' is feel-good television at its finest.

I've never had stage fright, that would mean you were paralyzed like a rabbit in headlights and you wouldn't be able to speak or move.

So many times I've gone flying. I've fallen in audience members' laps, I've fallen down the stairs, I've had a shoe fall off live.