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Famous Simon Cowell Quotes
“Praise a stranger with a few nice words and he becomes a stranger that calls you a friend.”
“I look at him [son Eric] and I think of my dad all the time.... I was born to be a dad.”
“It simply works. You do it twice a year. Who cares? And it balances my smoking and drinking.”
“My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't.”
“As an actor, I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman. I think he's a genius.”
“My attitude is, if someone's going to criticize me, tell me to my face.”
“If you've got a big mouth and you're controversial, you're going to get attention.”
“Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.”
“My own saying is: 'Create the hype, but don't ever believe it.'”
“The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.”
“I think that by ignoring the show you're ignoring the audience who put you there.”
“Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people.”
“At 20, you're cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong.”
“Anyone who goes on 'The X Factor' to make big money will be in for a big shock.”
“Britain's got talent, enormous talent, that's very obvious.”
“Choosing how you vote should not be a snap verdict based on a few minutes of television.”
“Every show I've ever, you know, produced, essentially it's the show I want to watch myself.”
“I do a couple of hundred press-ups a day but I haven't been to a gym in years.”
“I have always hated celebrities lecturing people on politics.”
“I like spaghetti bolognese, I like baked beans on toast. I hate French food. I hate fancy food.”
“I still put punctuation in my texts. If it's an 'I', I make sure it's a capital.”
“I'd say the most dangerous thing I've ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand...”