Cat Deeley Quotes

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.

I adore vintage clothes. When I go on the road doing auditions for So You Think You Can Dance, I always research the cities we're traveling to so I know where all the best vintage stores are. There are several stores and flea markets I love here in LA. Shareen is amazing with the best edit in town! Golyester is great. I really enjoy the Rose Bowl market. A word of warning: wear layers, comfortable shoes, be prepared to hunt, and fuel yourself with a bucket of cappuccino! Enjoy!

I always try and mix High Street finds into my looks. It really doesn't matter how much something costs, it's the way you wear it! Fashion is about self expression, having fun, and occasionally being a little disposable. I really enjoy lots of stores that are found at local shopping malls. French Connection, Zara, and Topshop always interpret the fashions direct from the catwalk at affordable prices. This playsuit from Hoss Intropia is delicate, super sexy, and has a lingerie feel. I'd throw on a super soft, chunky cardigan and a pair of flat gladiator sandals.

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.

You've got to have a sense of humour about sex. When you look at it, it's all pretty ridiculous, isn't it?

I don't shop because I need something, I just shop for shopping's sake.

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.

It's quite nice to have something where you can be a bit naughty if you have a twinkle in your eye and you can get away with things a bit more and that's what 'The Choice' is about.

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.

My friend made me a leather dress for the MTV awards. It gives you confidence, wearing something you love.

I have the biggest hair in the world - and that's official!

I enjoyed school, I was a bit of a square. I did very well in exams. I was quite lucky I was academic.

I hate last-minute shopping, it's always unsuccessful.

It's great to admire other people's fashion choices, but I don't think you should idolise anyone.

I make sure I have the best: I figure you could spend $800 on an outfit you wear three times, but with your hair it's there all the time. I also think it is really important to look after your colour once it's been done. I try and give my hair a really nourishing mask every so often to combat against all the styling. I also love to have beauty treatments that really benefit, like massages. t's divine to get up and feel all zen and relaxed.

I love bold, colorful party dresses because they don't need accessories. Just throw one on and you're done.

My name is Catherine Elizabeth Deeley and I am a huge Mulberry fan . . . Almost an addict! Bags, shoes, knitwear, bikinis, whatever Emma Hill designs, I normally want in copious amounts! This is an easy, breezy, Grace Kelly in High Society piece. A timeless dress, just perfect!

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.

You are so much better off on your own than with the wrong person.

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.

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.

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.

I find great lighting and a squint of the eyes makes anyone look better.

Being famous hasn't changed my perception of myself - I've just grown up.

My house feels like a proper home. It's very relaxed with a hippyish vibe.

You have to trust your instincts and know that the right question or the right answer will come to you. You don’t always have to have the solution to the problem; sometimes it’s very interesting to watch somebody go through the process of solving the problem, but it’s got to be truthful.

Never work with kids or animals.

The good show is not about people fighting or getting drunk or throwing up on each other, or hating each other - it's about celebrating people's talent.

I don't host a show and go, 'Have you got my best angle?'

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.

I don't even own my own name on the internet - somebody else bought it.

I choose what to wear depending on how I feel and what I'm comfortable in. That's when you look your best.

I can't dance at all by myself.

I just don't crave junk food.

I'm getting comfortable with West Coast style, which is more laid-back than British style.

I wouldn't say pop stars hit on me - that's just stuff the papers make up.

The only time I ever look good dancing is if I'm next to my dad at a wedding.

Stylists aren't for me. I tried to use one when I first started working in the US, but I didn't click with anyone.

Maybe I see myself with kids, given the right place and right moment, with the right person.

I'm just incredibly interested in people.

I understand how important hair is to a woman's self-esteem and confidence.

I'm a low maintenance girl. I try to do very little when I don't have to. I find that if I have regular 'maintenance' treatments, I can be ready to go out in 5 minutes. I get my hair coloured, have regular massages, and love getting my lashes tinted and my brows shaped. Plus heaps of exercise, and as much sleep as possible. That way when I'm going out all I have to do is slick on some gloss, and a bit of blush and I am ready to go! Of course the LA sun helps too.

I support British designers as much as I can.

I started off doing live TV, so I kind of learnt that if I get myself into trouble, I get myself out of it.

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.

People will always want it [reality TV shows], if it's produced well and if it's telling people's stories - that's all anybody wants: to connect with another human being on a very basic level. If the stories are told well, I think it can continue and continue.

I'll never stop appreciating how lucky I am.

I'm a great swimmer, probably due to the size of my feet.

The trouble is that as women we try to take care of everybody else before we take care of ourselves.

There actually isn't anything better than a noble failure. It will always teach you something and you will always learn from the experience.