Top 45 Holly Willoughby Quotes

After doing kid’s television on CBBC and messing around with eight and nine year olds, there was a period of three years in the middle of that when I wasn’t doing anything. I was working as a receptionist and in a pub; I was a cleaner and all sorts of things. All life has its ups and downs.

Loads of my jewellery was my mum’s.

I am fine if I am on a red carpet – I know what to do. You stop and smile and pose for a picture and that’s fine.

No two births are the same and no two babies are the same, as I found out.

My sister, Kelly, was really bright and academic. She was head girl of the school and at the top of her year. Because we were so different, we were never in competition. You can’t be when you’re almost running two different races.

I don’t want to encourage eating disorders.

That’s what a family is, isn’t it? Making space and time for one another.

There’s a certain section of the public who spot me in the street but it’s never horrible. I’m not a soap villain who gets spat at.

My job as a mother isn’t just to provide for my children, it’s to be there for them, too – someone they can speak to, hang out with, and lean on.

Just watching this woman owning the TV, there is no doubt that the reason I wanted to get into TV presenting is down to Cilla.

I like men that shop in Gap and look like proper boys.

My favourite place in the world is home.

I was an imaginative kid. My sister needed entertaining, whereas I was the one under the table playing with a bit of fluff on the carpet. I was the sort of child who would spend time rolling up balls of all different kinds of fluff and that would be my little family.

I’m sorry, I just don’t want to be a part of this conspiracy to make women feel pressured about their bodies.

I like an eyeshadow stick because I can just wallop it on, smudge it in and you’re done!

When I’m home, I never take work calls. If I’m at work, I work; if I’m home that’s it, I’m home.

For me, I had just come from kids telly, ‘Dancing on Ice’ was the first grown-up telly I had ever done.

As a busy mum, my beauty routine is quite simple, as I don’t have a huge amount of time, so I use products that are quick and easy. I don’t tend to use different products for night and day either.

Without sounding like a right idiot, my mum and my dad are my role models. They devoted everything to my sister and me – and stayed together through everything. It wasn’t because they never argued – of course they did – but they worked through it and made their marriage work.

If I do something, I commit. Otherwise you spread yourself too thin.

I think if you’re stressed, it shows in every part of you; how you carry yourself, which then affects your pose, how you hold your face, which then makes you look stressed and so nothing looks relaxed.

I really like Charlotte Tilbury and Burt’s Bees lipsticks – so moisturising!

When you’re making a decision that involves your children a certain amount of clarity comes with it.

My friends were amazed that I became a TV presenter. I was not a big talker at school – I never liked people seeing my braces, so I walked around with my sleeves pulled over my hands and my hands over my mouth in case anybody saw me smiling.

I try and get all my shopping done before December so all the presents are wrapped in my lounge and ready so I can really relax and enjoy Christmas.

People think I work a lot more than I do. I think because you’re in people’s living rooms every day they’re like: ‘Oh my God, you’re always on the telly,’ but it’s like, ‘Yeah but you always have to go to work every day nine till five whereas I finish at 12:30 P.M. and then I’m home.’

I don’t think I’m any different on ‘Celebrity Juice’ or daytime telly. It’s what’s going on around me that’s different. I don’t suddenly become all outrageous and rude on ‘Celebrity Juice.’

On ‘This Morning’ we’ve got a really good team of people – everyone knows their jobs inside out so you can really just rely on something to be done.

With any body shape it’s important to buy the right size and not be dictated to by size you think you are. Try on a bigger and a smaller size in the shop and see what fits visually. If you do have to go up a size, cut the label out, it’s just a number!

When I’m interviewing on the sofa for ‘This Morning’ it just feels like an intimate chat. Yes, there can be a producer talking through your earpiece but it all becomes second nature after a while.

I have a thing about stars, they are my favourite motif.

I like clothes that feel good, look nice and are comfortable.

There was no other training ground like kids’ telly for becoming a TV presenter.

I actually avoid talking about my diet and exercise regime because I have interviewed so many people affected by eating disorders and I know that some people in chat rooms can really fixate on other people’s diets. I just can’t contribute to that.

I love being pregnant, I love giving birth, I love all that, it’s like wearing a wedding dress, I don’t want that all to be over.

It’s easy for me to look groomed, because I start the day on This Morning and have to be made up – so the rest of the day just follows from there.

Christmas parties for me are less about a sparkly dress and heels and more about the most ridiculous Christmas jumper I can find.

I think London as a city is so diverse and multicultural, anything goes really. The fashion here reflects that – there are so many different styles of dressing throughout the city. In London, you can be very experimental with fashion; it’s totally accepted, even if you stand out.

I still dream of having a lifestyle brand but it’s not good enough to have that selfish dream when your kids are getting older and have their own interests.

You can take the stress out of Christmas by trying to be as organised as you possibly can.

Skinny jeans don’t work on someone, like me, who’s a size 12 and has got child-bearing hips.

I never wear any makeup over the weekend, unless I’m going to a wedding!

I can’t stand the assumption that I’m blonde and a bit stupid.

Every woman needs to look in the mirror and instinctively decide what will make her feel happy and good about herself and her body; that’s all I did.

I mean, something has to give. You can have it all at work, you can have it all at home, but you can’t have it all completely combined.