If things don't go fantastically, you just have to deal with it.

My favourite dance is the Foxtrot. It's a proper dance with proper music. It has class.

I don't like the Samba; it's nonsense. With a lot of these Latin dances I can't really understand what they're all about. I like the Rumba and the Paso Doble but the others I could take or leave.

Being fit is the easiest part of being a dance professional. I used to just throw on a backpack full of rocks and run up a hill. You don't even have to go to a gym.

It's great that ballroom dancing is being recognised. For many years ballroom dancers were misunderstood and other dance forms didn't want anything to do with us.

If things don't go fantastically, you just have to deal with it.

When I'm dancing with any woman, I immediately get rid of intimacy barriers. I just give her a big hug and crack on.