"I am constantly nice to people. Sometimes they don't deserve it."
"Because I've got veneers, I am always checking to make sure I haven't got food in my teeth."
"I am a bit of a lad but don't tell: it will ruin my image!"
"In 2013, I had to do 'The Wright Stuff' on about an hour's sleep. I was asked, 'What do you make of the situation in Mali?' and I said, 'Well, I've not seen the film but I know the dog dies in the end.' They were talking about the civil war, and the whole audience took an inward breath. I thought, 'Should I not have revealed the end of the film?'"
"I'm obsessed with Brexit."
"I'm not under any illusion that I'm an A-lister; I don't think I'm even on the alphabet scale. But I'm in people's houses every day - I'm there when they wake up and there when they go to bed. So people think they know who I am. And, to a certain extent, they do."
"I live in quite a smart home. I built it from scratch, so I thought of everything… a lot of my doors are automatic; the whole house is voice-activated."
"I knew I had to be the gay stereotype that was on the front of the papers every day. And I did my job well. I played the game."
"I've had many baking disasters but whatever it is, I'll cover it with icing and sprinkles and say a child has made it."
"The great thing about 'Stand Up for Cancer' is it doesn't take itself too seriously, this is out there, we're going to help sort it out, and we're going to have a laugh while we do it."
"I just think we all need a bit of fun in our lives."
"There's nothing better than getting announced you're doing a job, people slating you, then you do a job and having people go ‘he's actually all right.'"
"I was probably about 13 or 14. I got pulled from a rope swing and some boy kicked me in the head and fractured my skull. It was a horrible time."
"People should be able to dance with whoever they want. If two guys or two girls want to dance together, that's great."
"I love a bit of drama."
"I did Eurovision a few weeks back and to be fair, you can't get a gayer show than Eurovision."
"Louis is Louis Walsh, if he don't work again, he's laughing. So are generations of Louis Walsh to come."
"I love Sertab Erener with 'Everyway That I Can' - that was an absolute tune."
"I really like Benjamin from Sweden with 'Dance You Off,' and Equinox from Bulgaria with 'Bones' - and they were really great to interview at the London Eurovision Party."
"I went back to 'The X Factor' for one reason, because I wanted to have that full circle. It's where I started, and I went back as a presenter. And that's what I wanted and I got that."
"People always ask me if I'm best friends with everyone I work with in telly - but no, not everyone you work with is your friend."
"I think it's weird going to the toilet in clothes. I don't like it."
"My job is one of the things that keeps me sane. I love what I do and I'm lucky to do it."
"The whole first year of my career was a public vote. I know exactly where I've come from and the public played a massive part and I'll never forget that, but I shouldn't have to explain to anyone I need a break."
"But I've realised that sometimes you have to walk away and take some time for yourself."
