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Gay, straight, young, older - everyone enjoys what I do.

I went to see 'The Greatest Dancer' when it was filmed in Birmingham. And they announced the show's judges' names and then Curtis' name. The crowd went wild.

We should all just do what makes us happy and be open.

Why does everyone need to have a label?

Who wouldn't fall in love with me?

I think Phillip Schofield would be great on 'Strictly.' He got up on 'This Morning' once with Holly and did a bit of a boogie and he can dance, and he is entertaining, and he is such a nice guy.

I know certain pro dancers would like to dance with a woman because that is what tradition is, and it kind of makes sense but it is very much down to someone's personal opinion of what Ballroom and Latin dancing actually is.

My view is, for example with Ballroom and Latin, they do same sex competitions for under 12s and there are usually more girls than boys who want to dance and so there would be all-girl partnerships.

With FutureLearn there are so many free courses and we like learning all the time.

My dad told me, 'Whatever you do, don't dance. Do something else. Do anything else.' He knew how much hard work you have to put in, how hard it is to make a living, and he didn't want me to do it.

I do something to win it or I don't do it at all.

I don't give things up until I've conquered them and my focus went onto dancing and winning.

The good thing about Curtis is he's very confident and secure in himself, so he doesn't waste his energy on any negative comments.

The thing is, with doing our TV show 'Strictly,' and 'Stand Up For Cancer' and any shows I do for TV, it's always so positive.

I like to be very much in control.

Within the dancing world, where we come from, there's a lot of same-sex partners as in, young girls dancing because there's not always enough boys to dance.

When it comes down to dance, dance is about movement to music.

Dance is about portraying and telling a story and whether that be two males, two females, a group of guys, or a group of girls, it doesn't matter as long as the story is beautiful.

People are going to make their own minds up, and seeing how happy people are together and how much fun they're having, people are always going to think 'ooh are they in a relationship? They look so happy together.'

I've had four fantastic years on 'Strictly Come Dancing,' but for us it's about moving forward and the end goal is to present a shiny-floored Saturday night TV show that we all love, for example, 'Strictly,' 'Britain's Got Talent' - those sort of shows.

There are dances you can do separately - your charleston, your jive.

It's always been a dream of mine to have my own show.

Peter Pan has been one of my dream roles since I was a child.

My brother is my best friend by choice and a superman.

I want to have my own brand and there were things I couldn't do because of the 'Strictly' brand and the time involved.