Bruce Forsyth
Bruce Forsyth
Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson CBE is an English television presenter and entertainer whose career spans 75 years. In 2012, Guinness World Records recognised Forsyth as having the longest television career for a male entertainer. Forsyth came to national attention from the mid-1950s through the ITV series Sunday Night at the London Palladium. Since then he has hosted series such as The Generation Game, Play Your Cards Right, The Price Is Right and You Bet!. He co-presented Strictly Come Dancing from...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionGame Show Host
Date of Birth22 February 1928
CityLondon, England
It's frightening, the way life speeds up. When you're at school, time can't go fast enough.
Although I'm predominantly known for game-shows, I do prefer to be known as a performer.
Ambition can take the place of everything - even sex.
Golf is hugely important, as it keeps me going.
I can tell by the way somebody walks if they can dance or not. Just by the rhythm.
Goodness, that Simon Cowell is a sensitive soul.
If I couldn't move, I don't know what I would do. That would be terrifying for me; I don't know how I'd cope with that.
If I go out one night, I must stay in the next. It's the same with my golf. If I play one day, I don't play the next. I try to pace myself.
In my mind, everything is too sanitised on television - what is wrong with things going wrong?
It gets harder every day to get out of bed. I don't feel like it loads of the time. It is only my exercise routine which wakes me up.
I'm the leader of the pack, which makes me such a lucky Jack, for openers, here's a pair of cuties, here's my darling dealing beauties.
It could still be a good night if you play your cards right.
Some people hate the sight of me as soon as they see me on television. They loathe the look of me, and I accept that from the days of variety. I would walk on and some people would open a newspaper and think, 'He's first on, so he can't be any good.' I accept that.
Once you've experienced the warmth of an audience, the achievement of getting your first laugh, and entertaining them, singing or playing piano, it just keeps it all going.