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    • Cat: Being a mum is all about being in the right place at the right time, but quite often families just sneak up on you when you least expect it. And that's how it was with Emma, because I wasn't planning on getting pregnant, it just sort of happened. And I'm so glad it did, because she's a wonderful baby and I really love being a mum!
    • Cat: (On the SM:TV incident when she'd been sawed in half and Ant and Dec had 'stolen' her halves) I really couldn't believe it when they did it. There I was, sawed in half and laying there in two pieces with solid steel blades going right through my waist, unable to move and nothing to do except wait to be put back together again. And then in they come and start wheeling my halves off in opposite directions. I was like 'hey, what are you guys doing?' At least they put me back together again afterwards - Although it was a while before I agreed to be sawed in half again.
    • Cat: (On being chosen as a UNICEF ambassador) It was incredibly flattering when they chose me. But, to be honest, the enormity of the situation completely freaked me out to begin with because I thought, 'This is so big, and I absolutely have to tell these stories in the right way! Can I handle it? Can I do that?'
    • Cat: (On her love for British fashion) The first thing I do when I get back is head to Topshop, Miss Selfridge, French Connection, Whistles and Reiss. I hoover it all up! But I love vintage in Los Angeles. It's so much cheaper than London. I bought a great green ruffle dress in Fairfax Market in Santa Monica, which I've worn to lots of events. It's great because you can wear vintage to an event and know nobody else will be wearing the same thing. Every girl should have one vintage treasure in her wardrobe.
    • Cat: When I watch shows in America, I feel that some of the hosts are a little 'Stepford' – in the nicest possible way. It feels as if they're more worried if the light is in the right place and they're standing right than they are about communicating with an audience. The fundamental part of my job is to communicate with an audience in a very real way. I think I'm maybe a bit 'realer' than typical American hosts.
    • Cat: (On getting back into shape after the birth of her first child) I try to do yoga three times a week and eat healthily - although nothing is off limits and I drink lots of water.
    • Cat: (On being sawed in half by David Copperfield using his antique "Buzz Saw" illusion) Even though I'd been sawed in half lots of times before, it was still quite scary, because the saw blade was huge and all too real. And, with no box over me, I was able to look down and see the saw going right through my bare waist and into the wood underneath me - I could even see my skin rippling as the saw cut through it. But it didn't really hurt, just tickled a bit, and it was quite an honour to have the chance to do it, as David doesn't usually use it in his shows and just saves it for special occasions.
    • Cat: I started off doing live TV, so I kind of learnt that if I get myself into trouble, I get myself out of it. So it's not scary. I remember once I was interviewing Slash from Guns & Roses on children's TV. Put it this way, it was first thing on a Saturday morning and he hadn't been home yet. He talked very frankly about a sexual act that took place between him and a groupie. On children's TV. First thing on a Saturday morning. So, that was quite difficult, but apart from that it's all been daisies and walks in the park.
    • Cat: I hate birthday parties. I hate them. I don't know what it is, anybody's only got to come wafting near me with a piece of cake with a candle on and I break out in hives. But you know what, it's really not the 30 thing, it's just I hate birthdays. However, I open the cards and I open envelope after envelope and it's like-Bam!-30!-Bam!-30! They're written it on every single card! I hadn't got a complex, but now I bloody have.
    • Cat: I am addicted to Vogue magazines, be they French, British - I adore, adore, adore! Oh my god, the clothes, I'd die for. And I'm very lucky that I know quite a few designers from back in England, so I get lent lots of beautiful, beautiful things for the show. I'm a very lucky girl.
    • Cat: (On living in Beverly Hills) Oh my god, I used to love [Beverly Hills, 90210] - love it! It used to be on every Saturday night. We'd finish our tea - which posh people call dinner - normally something like fish fingers, chips and peas, and then I would sit and watch Luke Perry and Jason Priestley, Brandon and Dylan! And now I've got the postcode it's so funny. Anyone I give my address to, I slightly laugh when I say '90210' because there's a little bit in the back of my head that's singing the theme tune. They think they've got a lunatic on the phone!
    • Cat: My hobby at the moment is my house. That's all I seem to be spending my time on. I'm up to my ears in painters and floor sanders and delivery guys. People take me places, I'll be like going out for dinner or whatever, and the conversation will just dry up and they'll be like, 'Are you listening to me?' And I'll be like, 'No, I'm just checking out that light fitting there, it's really amazing. Where did they get that from?'
    • Cat: The only time I sing is in the shower, and sometimes at a push I slaughter a Carly Simon number on karaoke. It's literally murder. Colombo appears in his dirty grey Mac and says 'Right, that's enough, young lady. Off that mike.'
    • Cat: Every now and again I like to let my hair down with my gay boys. That's my thing. I can't dance at all by myself. But if I go out with my boys it's great because they really bust a move, and I just flick my hair and do the odd booty-shake. They're all around me, doing the latest moves and I can't do anything!
    • Cat: You're talking to the clumsiest girl in the world. I still run into patio doors when they're closed. I did it the other day, I swear to god, I've got scabs all over my hands where I hit the window.
    • Cat: The only cooking I do is when you pierce the film three times and stick it in [the microwave] for three and a half minutes, leave it to stand for one minute and then take it out.
    • Cat: (On her last taping day of pop show CD:UK in England) I've had a great few years, met some really incredible people and been given some wonderful opportunities.
    • (on her relationship with contestants from So You Think You Can Dance) Cat Deeley: And, to be honest, because they've all been so great you can't help but get involved both emotionally and personally. It's the toughest thing for me on a Thursday when I have to send them home. It's horrible. I hate it.
    • (discussing her role in the audition process for So You Think You Can Dance) Cat Deeley: What I wanted to do, was right from the word go, if the dancers are lined up outside on the streets in New York and it's 5:00 in the morning and its snowing...then so am I. I wanted to make it an organic relationship, really. I didn't want them suddenly to come to the studio here and be like "hold on a second, who is this English bird who has suddenly turned up?"
    • (on wearing high heels on stage) Cat: I am actually the clumsiest person in the world - every time I walk on stage I hold my breath. One pair of shoes I wore on the show were so uncomfortable my toes actually went numb for about 20 minutes.
    • (on losing her anonymity in Hollywood) Cat: I can't go to flea markets in my pyjamas any more!
    • Cat: Your career's a marathon, not a sprint.
    • Cat: I love the way Cameron Diaz, Kate Moss, and Jade Jagger always look beautiful and stylish yet different.
    • Cat: A smart young lady would keep her options open. We don't like to put all our eggs in one basket.
    • Cat: (On dancing) I can't dance! My flailing limbs could take out at least four people. The only time I look good dancing is next to my dad at a wedding.
    • Cat: (Her passion for fashion) French Vogue is my bible. I like beautifully designed and made things. I can borrow things, so my addiction doesn't cause me bankruptcy.
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