“I got sent some cheese once. I'm not sure if that was saying something...” — Anton du Beke Quote

“I got sent some cheese once. I'm not sure if that was saying something about my act, or just because I like cheese.”

“Being a competitive dancer is an expensive business - you have to buy the £2,000 or so tail suit and the shoes, and then get yourself around the world to the competitions. And there is not a lot of money to be made in competing.”

“My perfect morning is spent drinking coffee, eating porridge and reading the paper at a local cafe.”

“I'm a bit of a traditionalist; the ballroom is all about tails and I never mess about with that. But for the Latin you can have a bit fun: tight trousers, gold shirt open to my waist, be a bit ridiculous.”

“When I'm dancing with any woman, I immediately get rid of intimacy barriers. I just give her a big hug and crack on.”

“I went professional with my partner, Erin Boag, 11 years ago, and we had success competing round the world, but appearing on 'Strictly' has changed my life.”

“Lately, I just let myself eat it more because I think, 'Oh, my God, a piece of cheese tastes so good'. I think it's your body telling you something.”

“I like to focus on making the music sound simple and true, and very lush and full. I think music should take you to somewhere else where you have the space to contemplate or exercise your imagination. All the while you should be feeling real good, like when you have a delicious and decadent meal, macaroni and cheese or foie gras.”

“I started a feta cheese company, Euphrates, in upstate New York in 2002.”

“If you don't work your brain turns to cheese.”

“I know I have a caption that I'm going to use when somebody tells me something I've never heard before. It's very rarely a thought, a philosophy, when somebody says, 'Oh, I don't like cheese' or 'Oh, I think the government should be overthrown,' because so many people share these thoughts. But what people don't share is stories.”

“American cheese is the perfect soft taco.”