“As long as you smile, have sparkly eyes and stick your shoulders back, nobody’s going to notice your bum or your waist or your feet, for that matter.”
― Cat Deeley
“I hate birthdays. I hate birthday parties. I hate them. I don’t know what it is, anybody’s only got to come wafting near me with a piece of cake with a candle on and I break out in hives.”
― Cat Deeley
“Maybe I see myself with kids, given the right place and right moment, with the right person.”
― Cat Deeley
“Jewellery is a great way to take your look from day to night.”
― Cat Deeley
“There are fit men everywhere, so I’m working my way through them, one at a time!”
― Cat Deeley
“Nothing gets you to mend your heart quicker than throwing yourself into work.”
― Cat Deeley
“A girl’s got to do what she’s got to do to make somebody pay her a compliment. If that means moaning ’til the cows come home, then so be it.”
― Cat Deeley
“You can do one of two things. You can bury you head in the sand and believe what everyone tells you – that you will always be that young, that thin and that fabulous. Or you can use all the things you have – talent, contacts, knowledge – and do something different.”
― Cat Deeley
“If I’m interviewing someone I need to know everything about them – I do these massive spider diagrams. Everything under different categories, and certain questions in other categories.”
― Cat Deeley
“I hate last-minute shopping, it’s always unsuccessful.”
― Cat Deeley
“I don’t shop because I need something, I just shop for shopping’s sake.”
― Cat Deeley
“Being famous hasn’t changed my perception of myself – I’ve just grown up.”
― Cat Deeley
“Everybody has a bad hair day, but us girls still like to be told we look nice even if we don’t feel like we do.”
― Cat Deeley
“I don’t even own my own name on the internet – somebody else bought it.”
― Cat Deeley
“I have the biggest hair in the world – and that’s official!”
― Cat Deeley
“I wouldn’t say pop stars hit on me – that’s just stuff the papers make up.”
― Cat Deeley
“I’m in an on-off relationship at the moment.”
― Cat Deeley
“My friend made me a leather dress for the MTV awards. It gives you confidence, wearing something you love.”
― Cat Deeley
“Never work with kids or animals.”
― Cat Deeley
“You’ve got to have a sense of humour about sex. When you look at it, it’s all pretty ridiculous, isn’t it?”
― Cat Deeley
“I can’t dance at all by myself.”
― Cat Deeley
“I am addicted to ‘Vogue’ magazines, be they French, British – I adore, adore, adore.”
― Cat Deeley
“The only time I ever look good dancing is if I’m next to my dad at a wedding.”
― Cat Deeley
“I think that if you keep your eyes and your ears open and you are receptive to learning, there are skills you can get from any job at all.”
― Cat Deeley
“One thing for me that modeling definitely did was that you go to do a different job every day, and you are working with a completely new team of people. You have to learn how to talk to people and how to creatively achieve the same goals. I think it just hones your people skills.”
― Cat Deeley
“I was sent to ballet classes when I was a little girl. I wasn’t very good, but it’s that thing where little girls always try ballet, or whatever.”
― Cat Deeley
“I’m just incredibly interested in people.”
― Cat Deeley
“I love bold, colorful party dresses because they don’t need accessories. Just throw one on and you’re done.”
― Cat Deeley
“I’m getting comfortable with West Coast style, which is more laid-back than British style.”
― Cat Deeley
“I started off doing live TV, so I kind of learnt that if I get myself into trouble, I get myself out of it.”
― Cat Deeley
“I can’t lie… My face always gives me away. I’m also pathetically bad at poker!”
― Cat Deeley
“I’ll never stop appreciating how lucky I am.”
― Cat Deeley
“I don’t feel any pressure to lose weight – and in any case, if I didn’t have my food I’d be a nasty piece of work and wouldn’t be able to function.”
― Cat Deeley
“To have family behind you who love you more than words can say gives you so much confidence, because it allows you to go off and be who you want to be.”
― Cat Deeley
“Listen, I would love to win an Emmy at some stage or another. I can’t pretend not to.”
― Cat Deeley
“I love people who are very honest and very open and don’t pretend to be anything they’re not.”
― Cat Deeley
“I enjoyed school, I was a bit of a square. I did very well in exams. I was quite lucky I was academic.”
― Cat Deeley
“All great reality shows have a very, very similar format. That’s why it was so easy to parody.”
― Cat Deeley
“I understand how important hair is to a woman’s self-esteem and confidence.”
― Cat Deeley
“I don’t host a show and go, ‘Have you got my best angle?’”
― Cat Deeley
“It’s great to admire other people’s fashion choices, but I don’t think you should idolise anyone.”
― Cat Deeley
“Style is a very personal thing and women should develop their own individual look.”
― Cat Deeley
“I support British designers as much as I can.”
― Cat Deeley
“I choose what to wear depending on how I feel and what I’m comfortable in. That’s when you look your best.”
― Cat Deeley
“Stylists aren’t for me. I tried to use one when I first started working in the U.S., but I didn’t click with anyone.”
― Cat Deeley
“Success is hard in general for most women. We now have such busy lives, and we’re told we can do everything – you know, we can have the relationship and the marriage and the kids and the career.”
― Cat Deeley
“The trouble is that as women we try to take care of everybody else before we take care of ourselves.”
― Cat Deeley
“In Britain, it’s almost as if we’re ashamed of having ambition and drive.”
― Cat Deeley
“I just don’t crave junk food.”
― Cat Deeley
“I’m a great swimmer, probably due to the size of my feet.”
― Cat Deeley
“I find great lighting and a squint of the eyes makes anyone look better.”
― Cat Deeley
“My house feels like a proper home. It’s very relaxed with a hippyish vibe.”
― Cat Deeley
“I have a Damien Hirst spot painting which I love. It has pride of place over my dining-room table.”
― Cat Deeley
“You are so much better off on your own than with the wrong person.”
― Cat Deeley
“I’d say to any woman, get out of that bad relationship that’s turning you into a shell of your former self. Learn from it and get out. Then wait; enjoy yourself and your friends because, when what you want comes along, you’ll spot it.”
― Cat Deeley
“I used to say I wanted somebody funny and intelligent, but kindness is the most important quality in a man.”
― Cat Deeley
“I’ve been out with men who have literally had an argument with the mirror because they couldn’t get their hair right. When I was younger, I might have reassured him, but I can’t do that anymore.”
― Cat Deeley
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