Bradley Walsh Quotes

Michael Kitchen is my favourite actor. We were at the same table at an awards once, and I was so thrilled, I had to go and sit next to him… he‘s mesmeric.

The times change, and if you don’t change with them, you get left behind.

I like Hawaiian pizza.

Stevie Wonder is extraordinary.

My heart is just being in this industry. I’ve been lucky enough to have been in films, plays, and on radio.

On my tombstone it will say, ‘At last, a day off.’

On ‘The Chase,’ I don’t know what questions are going to appear, so they deliberately try and catch me out.

‘Law & Order‘ is a six-month shoot. Everything has to be crammed in. I had so much fun, but it wasn’t a holiday. We had seriously long days, and we’d finish at 8 P.M. and start again at 7 A.M. We were doing six-day weeks, which sometimes tripped onto the seventh. But I loved it all.

Normally, if I’ve got an audition, I’m punctual, I’ve learnt my lines, and I’ll go looking smart.

Every person I see has a story to tell.

It’s just about being an entertainer; it’s about having all those tools over the years to do all sorts: films, musicals, playing a bit of piano, running a quiz show – it just becomes part of the job.

I am very flattered that so many people loved ‘Chasing Dreams.’

You never know what’s coming round the corner. There’s only one thing coming round the corner – more corners.

I like Hawaiian pizza.

We’ve made it to the 1000th episode of ‘The Chase,’ as the show is so entertaining and informative. I’m so lucky I get to be a part of such a great team and have a laugh at work; I even learn some things, too.

Families have a sense of kinship that no four strangers would ever have as a team.

I used to watch ‘Doctor Who‘ as a child with William Hartnell and Pat Troughton in the black-and-white days, so being cast is brilliant.

I grew up listening to legends such as Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Tony Bennett.

People don’t realise I have seriously bad blepharitis.

All I ever wanted to do was play football. I was never one for revising, and I only left school with three O Levels.

You can’t give up. If you set yourself a target, you’ve got to keep on until you achieve it. It’s a matter of having pride in yourself.

I thought Oasis were great.

I like something you can hum along to.

I’m the black sheep: I got into telly.

Every day I learn something new, and, you know, you go through life’s experiences, and if you can bring every experience at some point somewhere in every drama or every story that you have to portray, you will come across an emotion or a feeling you have had some point in your life.

The first real gig I went to was Randy Crawford in 1980. Seeing a big star like that was just fantastic.

Me and Stormzy. We’re gonna do an album. We’re gonna do an album of Nelson Riddle arrangements in grime form. It’s gonna be called ‘Griddle’.

You never know what’s coming round the corner. There’s only one thing coming round the corner – more corners.

I like people to have a bit of a laugh. Life is too short to not enjoy what you’re doing.

I said, ‘If I don’t play football for a living, I’m going to get into show business.’

I’m a man who doesn’t even have a mobile!

I love pirates, and I’m a big fan of the Johnny Depp films.

A lot of comics make good actors. Actors make bad comics. They can’t do it the other way round.

Every day I learn something new, and, you know, you go through life’s experiences, and if you can bring every experience at some point somewhere in every drama or every story that you have to portray, you will come across an emotion or a feeling you have had some point in your life.

Michael Kitchen is my favourite actor. We were at the same table at an awards once, and I was so thrilled, I had to go and sit next to him… he‘s mesmeric.

I’ve – to be honest with you, I’ve never had an acting lesson. But I’ve been at drama school for 50 years.

Don’t let anyone tell you that you’re not good enough. Don’t let anyone tell you that you’re too short, you’re too fat, you’re too thin, you’re too ugly – that’s nonsense.

My wife, Donna, is a fantastic cook!

Everyone‘s got to have a bit of faith.

I don’t think I can plate-spin, I’ve turned loads of things down because I just can’t get the time to do it.

I can’t dance to save my life, really – proper, proper dad dancing – but I was once at a wrap party for a show, and at the end of the night, they still hadn’t played ‘Dancing Queen‘. So we extended the wrap party for 40 minutes and played ‘Dancing Queen’ 11 times in a row.

I can’t listen to rap music; it’s not my thing. They say that they’re the modern poets: of course they are, but it’s not for me.

Debra Stephenson and I are nothing more than friends and have a close working relationship – we certainly have not had an affair.

People don’t realise I have seriously bad blepharitis.

I remember watching William Hartnell as the first ‘Doctor.’ Black and white made it very scary for a youngster like myself. I was petrified, but even though I’d watch most of it from behind the sofa through my fingers, I became a fan.

Debra Stephenson and I are nothing more than friends and have a close working relationship – we certainly have not had an affair.

I thought Oasis were great.

I’m the black sheep: I got into telly.

That’s what I think a journalist from the ’70s and ’80s should look like – as though he has led a full journalistic life.

Have you ever noticed when people stop laughing, they say, ‘Oh dear?’

I only got into show business because I quit football.

My goodness, what a blast it is filming ‘Woody.’

I’m loving every second working with the brilliant Kayvan Novak; it’s a hoot from dawn to dusk!

I first started as an actor, but there was no money in it, which is why I drifted into comedy.

All I ever wanted to do was play football. I was never one for revising, and I only left school with three O Levels.

‘The Chase’ is such a strong format and so simple to follow. The best quiz show formats are the simplest.

If I’m doing a job, I’ll give it 100%, and that job gets my absolute focus, and everything else goes to the side. Then, that job is finished, I’ll concentrate on the next job.

To be honest, I wasn’t the best stand-up comic.

I’d love to still be able to play a bit of football, but my knees are shot to pieces.

On my tombstone it will say, ‘At last, a day off.’

Time travel is a wonderful thing, isn’t it?

I remember watching the Twin Towers collapse. Because it was another country and looked like a film, I just sort of thought, ‘Oh.’ I didn’t think that much. Then three days later, it hit me. I was in a terrible state, and I was tearful for three or four days.

There’s no point doing a job where you’re uncomfortable or doing something you dislike.

I had spent so many years on ‘Law & Order: UK‘ being a downtrodden detective standing on Hammersmith Bridge at six o’clock in the morning, being rained and snowed on, and I thought, ‘I’ll have a bit of a change of direction in my career and go and do ‘SunTrap‘ in Gran Canaria.’

I don’t want to do the same thing all the time, and I was thrilled to bits to do a BBC comedy. It’s the home of British comedy.

It’s just about being an entertainer; it’s about having all those tools over the years to do all sorts: films, musicals, playing a bit of piano, running a quiz show – it just becomes part of the job.