Graham Norton Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“A good rule to remember for life is that when it comes to plastic surgery and sushi, never be attracted by a bargain.”
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“Because society places a value on masculinity, gay men aspire to it. If you go to a gay club and the doorman says, 'You do realise this is a gay club, don't you lads?' you get all excited because you think, 'Wow, he thought I was straight!'”
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“The BBC is a victim of its own independence.”
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“The higher your profile becomes, the more aware you are that people out there might hate you.”
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“Some people think they're depressed and they go to the doctor and want pills. And you just think: 'You hate where you live, you've lost your job, your boyfriend has dumped you, could all this be why you're depressed?'”
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“Where I get bored is when I show up for a shoot and they want me to wear a feather boa. Too obvious a thing for a poof on the telly to do.”
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“The only time I took Ecstacy was years and years ago. It was absolutely amazing.”
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“My mobile rang around lunchtime one day, and it was George Michael. He wanted to come in on Friday. We were like, 'okay, if that's what you want'. And he was a very good guest. That's a real exception to the rule.”
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“Those years between drama school and getting onto the stand-up circuit were pretty lean.”
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“Well, certainly I think American television is - that's proper TV.”
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“Occasionally the state of the planet can knock me off my perky perch.”
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“My life could have been so grim really, really grim.”
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“You don't want to be hard to look at. Plain very good, hard to look at bad. The plain shall inherit the earth; time is our friend.”
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“All my interesting stories are from before I was on television. Nothing interesting has happened to me since then. Maybe it's because the most interesting thing in my life is the show and that's on telly.”
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“Basically, I'm a really bad interviewer. I love meeting celebrities, but then I get a bit bored. Once you meet them you thing, 'really, what an ordinary person'.”
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“Forty freaked me out. I didn't see it coming. My life was in a state of chaos - I was moving jobs and moving house - and it just hit me like a ton of bricks.”
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“My parents grew up working class, but in that way that working class families do, they spent a fortune on education to better me.”
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“I've heard other gay people say when they were growing up they felt 'foreign.' Growing up, I was able to label these feelings as: 'I'm a Protestant.' It wasn't until I left, I thought: 'Oh, those weren't Protestant feelings.'”
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“One of the great things about being gay and out is that the papers couldn't care less about your love life.”
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“You don't want money to make you a social freak where you can only hang out with rich people.”
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“It's lovely to get one successful show - the chances of finding a second one are not so hot.”
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“I've so exceeded what I ever wanted to do.”
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“I'm often dating people, but I don't say it because you sort of know it won't last long.”
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“I'd like to retire at 50 but I don't want to sell papers in the middle of London on a Zimmer.”
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“Do I have more depth than I'm given credit for? No!”
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“Britain's such a twisted, weird little place.”
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“An awful lot of female celebrities are very beautiful whereas a lot of male celebrities are not so hot.”
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“A comedian's a comedian. They're a very kind of cynical bunch. I guess that's why I like them.”
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“All my day is spent dealing with other people. When I come home I like it to be empty. The presence of others in my house kind of annoys me. I love coming home and shutting the doors. I feel brain dead. I'm relatively available, but not to live with.”
-- Graham Norton
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