Len Goodman
Len Goodman
Leonard Gordon Goodman is an English professional ballroom dancer, dance judge, and coach. He appears on television dance programmes such as Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing with the Stars. He also runs a ballroom dance school in Dartford, Kent...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDancer
Date of Birth25 April 1944
CityBromley, England
play like-you grows
Your money is like your willy, it only grows if you play with it
risk biscuits want
You got to risk it if you want the biscuit.
panic
It's never too early to panic.
spells i-can
I won't eat anything I can't spell or wouldn't tread in.
children fruitcake baking
The thing with children is they're a bit like baking a fruitcake: you throw all the ingredients in but you never know how they're going to turn out.
iphone cracks multitasking
I'm a technophobe. I can't crack the iPhone, and the extent of my multitasking is being able to talk while I make a drink.
car trying drivers
On the dance floor, as much as you say, 'Ladies, you are the car. He is the driver. You can only go where he takes you,' they still try to be in control.
golf way shame
I've got a great life. It's a shame the work gets in the way of the golf, really.
havens
I haven't danced since 1973; I'm too old.
cooking honest i-can
I can't do most things, if I'm honest, but cooking I definitely can't do.
sleep want duvets
I am good in bed - I don't snore. I don't take the duvet. I just lay there and go straight off to sleep. That's all you want out of a bloke.
nice people trouble
The trouble when you die is that everyone says you were nice. I would like to be thought of as genuinely nice. I would like there to be people who can honestly say, 'Len! Oh yeah, there was more good than bad in him.
horse racing trying
I try to keep myself in the best of company and my horses in the worst of company.
kindness thinking littles
I am a little bit of a softie, yes. Actually I don't think it's softness, I think it's kindness.