The young people working for me are ambitious and hard-working. That work ethic has always been a trait of the British.
SIMON COWELLMy proudest achievement has been the success of the shows and artists I have been involved with, because they were made in Britain.
More Simon Cowell Quotes
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I look at him [son Eric] and I think of my dad all the time…. I was born to be a dad.
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I’ve had Botox, but then again pretty much everyone I know has. To me, Botox is no more unusual than toothpaste. It works. You do it once a year – who cares?
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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.
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Have I got a black book? Yes, it’s called a mobile phone. I do get offers. There is no shortage of people if you want to go on dates – working in TV, living in L.A., it is there if you want it.
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Britain’s got talent, enormous talent, that’s very obvious.
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Of course I have an ego, but you have to have an ego. You have to be incredibly competitive. I can get competitive at times, way too much, and it becomes a little bit obsessive.
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The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.
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The object of this competition is not to be mean to the losers but to find a winner. The process makes you mean because you get frustrated.
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Rules equal boredom, and I don’t like that.
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I actually don’t understand a word Paula’s saying anymore. It’s like a new language.
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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.’
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Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.
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I have total respect for anyone who discovers a band like Snow Patrol. I would be hopeless at signing a rock band, or anything alternative, cause I don’t know what that audience are into and I don’t particularly like that kind of music.
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I don’t want to tell a 15 or 14 year old what they should be doing. I want them to tell me. And that’s what I got when I met Justin Bieber for the first time.
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I didn’t realise how important stupid people are in your life, because you ask yourself, what made stupid people so stupid? What made them the way they are?
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