Declan Donnelly
Ours is a career built on a friendship, not a friendship built on a career.Collection: Friendship
The first meaningful friendship moment we had was when Ant sent me a Fred Flintstone Christmas card and it said, 'To Dec from Ant, have a yabba dabba do Christmas.'Collection: Friendship
We always said our career was built on our friendship and that our friendship was the secret of our success. The career just happened by accident.Collection: Friendship
Not always behind the scenes is it sunny.
There's been times when it has been tough professionally.
I love a bathroom and fluffy bathrobe. Bear Grylls and camping... that's not me!
We don't get any hate mail.
I don't know if I get any mail. I think I just get bills.
We kind of owe everything to 'Byker Grove.' It's where we learnt to do what we do.
People would always try and set me up, which was awkward. You can't set me up on a blind date because she will automatically know more about me.
I love Leon and June and I love 'Gogglebox,' it's a brilliant show.
You can't not be star-struck by Mary Berry.
We come to Birmingham every January for the 'Britain's Got Talent' auditions and always have a great time.
Brummies make great audiences.
We toured the world, all over Europe and to the Far East and Australia.
Celebrity will eat itself.
We honestly felt a bit more at home in the TV studio than we did in the recording studio.
We had one big album and we started working on the 'Ant and Dec Show' and we had a really good time.
As with many pop acts, your shelf life isn't that great, we peaked with our first album.
We sat down and talked about who we liked comedy-wise, TV-wise, what made us laugh and what we enjoyed doing. So a lot of our tastes went into 'The Ant and Dec Show.'
We know what it's like to audition as kids and how nerve-racking it is.
We were kids when we started.
You'd have to get my money out of my cold dead hand before I gambled it away.
I come from a family of seven, so growing up I always thought I'd like a big family.
The thing that I miss more than anything is doing Saturday morning telly. It was the best, best, best three years.
No one tells you how hard being a parent is! We could have had a warning! It is literally the hardest thing I've ever done but I'm loving it.
When people are so nice about you, you get emotional and cry. But we never take it for granted.
I can be quite argumentative and stubborn if I get a bee in my bonnet. I can be quite a pain.
I'll worry about something and get stressed whereas Ant is usually a bit more chilled about things.
We're more pub and football guys rather than walking the red carpets.
I couldn't do 'I'm A Celeb' because I know too much.
I'd like to do 'Strictly' because you learn something.
There is always someone you are going to miss and for me it's my dad. I always hoped he would see me marry, but these things happen in life. I know he is proud of me.
It's a big thing, our relationship with ITV.
One of the parts of 'BGT' we love doing the most is going around the country.
We should do 'Takeaway' from Chicago or Philadelphia. We'd have great fun with it.
Northern Ireland isn't actually part of Great Britain, but we still want it to be part of 'Sofa Watch.'
My dad was born in Desertmartin at the foot of Slieve Gallion.
I'm not sure I'm confident in the viewing public seeing every side of me and I'm not sure I'm confident enough that I'd allow myself to be that exposed.
I grew up being called Eamonn-Martin-Dermott-Declan because I was the youngest of the boys and Mum would go through all their names first before she got to mine.
It's lovely when you get those awards because it reminds you that the audience are enjoying what you're doing so you keep working hard and never take anything for granted.
Running in heels can be treacherous, and don't get me started on fake eyelashes!
I always watch the Morecambe and Wise Christmas special.
I think there is more to this world than we can possibly fathom. There's got to be.
I learnt violin at school and hated it. I wish I'd learnt guitar or piano.
I love a sneeze.
Put your head down and work hard and you can achieve what you want. You can end up in Buckingham Palace.
I think from doing so many live shows it gives you a real appreciation of being present. You don't know what's going to happen, you don't know what is around the corner.
We never want the audience to get bored.
I think working as part of a brotherhood shows you can achieve personal satisfaction in a team.