Quotes About Joy

I love dancing as it is a great stress buster.

It's her first grandchild, so she's really, really, really excited. I guess my mom is a little more stressed out than me.

You can only be successful if you have fun and don't get too stressed.

This crazy world that looks like a lot of fun is also really stressful and crazy at times.

Brooks Ashmanskas - rehearsing and putting on a show can be very stressful and exhausting, but Brooks makes every moment a joyride. His influence taught me to never take myself or what I'm doing too seriously.

Edgy is fine - I'm not a prude by any stretch of the imagination - but what's wrong with a good ol' belly laugh? I miss that.

Strictly has been such a gift. It is so much more than I thought it was going to be.

Our stuff is made strictly for fun. We're not out to give a message.

Well, again working strictly to the film, where you had this lovely, lovely land of brightness and color. And everybody is smiling and happy and butterflies flitting around and it was that kind of image that, it was like a dream world, really.

I always enjoy the process, meeting somebody new and spending time with them and becoming friends with them. That has always been the joy of 'Strictly' for me, so I enjoy every year.

The paso doble is my favourite dance on 'Strictly,' so I'm so pleased I get to do it.

I would love to keep dancing. Doing 'Strictly' has been so wonderful.

I am absolutely overjoyed to be joining 'Strictly.' I have so much respect for the other judges and hope to add my own bit of sparkle to the show.

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

Everyone is just so wonderful at 'Strictly.'

'Strictly' is there to celebrate success.

'Strictly' is feel-good escapism.

When it comes to the New Year, I make it a point to catch my mum and dad awake before the clock strikes 12. Then, I celebrate the night with friends.

Give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string; I wouldn't get bored anywhere.

After 40 years of not playing, I admit I'm totally in love with my guitar. It's a Froggy Bottom acoustic steel string guitar. All I have to do is hit a couple of clean chords and the endorphins are right there. It's like the top of my head has come off and stardust and magic have fallen in.

My wife holds the kite strings that let me go 'weeeeeee', then she reels me back in.

Caretaking is different from care giving. Care giving has no second agendas or hidden motives. The care is given from love for the joy of giving without expectation, no strings attached. It cannot be manipulated or discouraged because love cannot be manipulated or discouraged.

I still feel like the 10-year-old dancing in front of her mirror, mostly to 'No Strings Attached.'

Racing Stripes was so much fun to do. It's one of the funniest movies I've seen in a couple years.