Anything I shouldn’t laugh at makes me laugh. I mean, I’m bad at that, when somebody is singing something terribly and I’m thinking to myself, ‘If I laugh now, this is the absolute worst thing I could ever do,’ and then I start laughing and I can’t stop.
SIMON COWELLThere’s one argument that says we shouldn’t be putting these kids on under the age of 16. I think you’ve got to take it case by case.
More Simon Cowell Quotes
-
-
I didn’t have any qualifications when I left school – I had three O-levels.
SIMON COWELL -
Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.
SIMON COWELL -
What I would argue in my defence is that shows like Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor have actually got people more interested in music again and are sending more people into record stores.
SIMON COWELL -
I like to know why a video has suddenly gone viral, why a song has broken, why a TV show is suddenly rating out of pattern… I’m pretty good at understanding why things are becoming popular.
SIMON COWELL -
I get very anti-social, depressed and irritable with people. I don’t have time for them. I can’t make phone calls and stuff. I just sit on my own for days.
SIMON COWELL -
I don’t mind competition at all. I mean, the record business is the most competitive business in the world, probably. So I’m used to that. In a weird way, it kind of makes you work harder.
SIMON COWELL -
I’ve learned to deal with stress much better now, things don’t bother me in the way that they once used to.
SIMON COWELL -
Britain’s got talent, enormous talent, that’s very obvious.
SIMON COWELL -
My proudest achievement has been the success of the shows and artists I have been involved with, because they were made in Britain.
SIMON COWELL -
I’ve spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on the very best security and I can assure you my homes are as safe as the Bank of England.
SIMON COWELL -
Every time I sat in a chemistry lesson I thought, what am I doing this for? I don’t ever want to be in a job that involves a Bunsen burner.’
SIMON COWELL -
I suggest we bring some normality back to this country and say if you are carrying a knife, there must be zero tolerance. If it was up to me, everyone caught with a knife would get an automatic ten year sentence.
SIMON COWELL -
As an actor, I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman. I think he’s a genius.
SIMON COWELL -
I still put punctuation in my texts. If it’s an ‘I’, I make sure it’s a capital.
SIMON COWELL -
You didn’t beat the compotition you crushed the compotition!
SIMON COWELL