For me, I like to push myself... I hate feeling complacent or tha... by Derek Hough

For me, I like to push myself... I hate feeling complacent or that I'm not learning.

Derek Hough

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Can someone's true value really be estimated? Maybe there needs to be an Edmunds.com for people on TV. That would be funny and possibly cruel.

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Whether I'm doing a routine where I want to move people, or if I want to feel moved myself, I definitely tap into those moments where it's not just dancing or movement. It might just be a hand gesture or just a slow look, or even just the way you slightly tip your head forward. These subtleties speak volumes.

myself look you people

I never dreamed of dancing on television or anything like that. It's more of things that come along that excite me and inspire me.

never me inspire television

Whether it be through television, or through music, or through dance, or through film, whatever it is, as long as it's the right project that makes sense, then I'm all for it.

music dance long television

I feel fairly certain that my painting skills might not be best shown on 'Dancing with the Stars.' I'll have to come up with another way to showcase that side of me.

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I'd love to do more theatre and acting. I attended a performing arts high school in London, and it would be great to be able to put all of that training to use again.

great training love school

The key for me is really just to stay in a child-like state in the rehearsal studio. I'm really goofy and really silly and crazy. If I get too serious, I start hitting a wall.

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I think for me, the thing that gets me in the right mindset is just watching something funny, something light, something that makes me feel good. Regardless of what it is - when you feel good, when you feel upbeat, creativity flows!

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In school, some of my favorite subjects... I mean, art was my favorite subject. I loved art! I used to go during lunch time to the art room and paint or draw or something.

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I grew up really fast when I moved to England when I was 12 years... by Derek Hough

I grew up really fast when I moved to England when I was 12 years old.

fast old up years

For me, there's nothing more masculine than when I'm completely in control of my body and can call upon my body to do whatever I want it to do.

control nothing me body

For me, you've got to start from within. The things you eat directly affect the way you feel and the way you move.

feel me you way

I was kind of reflecting on my life and certain experiences, and you know, when I'm teaching and coaching my partners on 'Dancing With the Stars,' I sort of use those stories and anecdotes to help them sort of overcome certain fears.

my-life you stars life

The audiences are just the energy is incredible, there’s grandmas in the audiences, there's kids in the audiences, there's mom and dad's, there's such a wide range of people, and they all find something that they love and enjoy, and I take a lot of pride in that.

This is like a good time to be like, ‘Okay, a rebrand, a reinvention, reinventing,’ you know, but still, of course, with the heart of the show.

This show has been and will always be incredibly special to me, coming back feels like coming home and I couldn't be more excited to be back in the ballroom.

Its just kind of funny how theres different perspectives and how people can hold onto a word or to a symbol or to a certain thing and grasp onto that and create a small box, when the idea, at the core center of it, was the opposite...