Top 78 Quotes & Sayings by Stacey Dooley - Page 2

Traditional news feels quite sanitised, quite statisticky. We're bombarded with images, but often, you don't see the human stories, or if you do, it's only for 60 seconds, max.

I had no desire to go to Iraq. I never wanted to go to Mosul. I'm not a war correspondent. No part of me thrives on the adrenaline or anything like that.

The cha-cha, right from the start... I knew it wasn't my kinda thing.

I'm a real advocate for 'Live your best life.' The cha-cha is not my best life.

I love revisiting, actually. I went back to the Philippines. I've done three films in the Philippines.

We should celebrate make-up. It's a lucrative industry; a massive employer.

It's daunting; it's daunting doing something that you are not brilliant at in front of millions of people. But you can't sit back and say no to opportunity. You have to throw yourself in.

I have never met anyone who has worked harder than me.

I make mistakes all the time!

You have to keep time aside for life, which I haven't done enough over the past couple years.

Generally, I'm quite chilled about my looks, but I'm gutted if my skin's bad.

I don't really care anymore: I'm fiercely proud of the fact I've been able to make a career despite the fact I wasn't born into privately educated schools.

I didn't collect my GCSEs. I didn't even do most of them.

'Strictly' has taught me that activity outside work is good for my mental health.

You can be aware and educated and informed, but you've got to place emphasis on being compassionate, having empathy and understanding.

I'm just so made up that I said yes to 'Strictly.' It has been one of the most amazing things I've ever done.

There have been scenes and sequences I've done that I watch back now and cringe and think I dealt with that in completely the wrong way. Sometimes I'm too emotional - too invested, in that sense - but you learn, and then you don't do it again.

There are always people who are desperate to put you in your one camp and never let you leave. The idea that you could be interested in the Yazidi community and also in lipstick blows people's minds. It's a really short-sighted, Stone Age attitude; it's boring, actually.