Graham Norton quotes
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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.”
-- Graham NortonSource : Graham Norton (2011). “Ask Graham: He's Been Everywhere, He's Seen Everything. Now Graham Norton's Here to Solve Your Problems”, p.91, John Blake Publishing
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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.”
-- Graham NortonSource : Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. March 11, 2003.
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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.'”
-- Graham NortonSource : "The name's Norton. Graham Norton" by Barbara Ellen, www.theguardian.com. November 18, 2007.
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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.”
-- Graham NortonSource : "Graham Norton on taking a pay cut, wanting to interview Madonna and Downton Abbey". www.mirror.co.uk. October 28, 2011.
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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!”
-- Graham NortonSource : "The name's Norton. Graham Norton" by Barbara Ellen, www.theguardian.com. November 18, 2007.
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“Britain's such a twisted, weird little place.”
-- Graham NortonSource : Interview with Ken Plume, asitecalledfred.com. August 2004.
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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.”
-- Graham NortonSource : Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. August 16, 2004.
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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.”
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“The only people who are desperate to go on the show are people we're desperate not to have on the show.”
-- Graham NortonSource : "Another interview with a funny guy called ‘Graham’". Interview with Demetrius Romeo, standanddeliver.blogs.com. April 06, 2005.
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“Straight men just can't imagine the bliss of being in a relationship with someone who finds farting as funny as they do.”
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“I'm actually quite self-sufficient, so it might look as if there isn't room for anyone in my life. That isn't entirely the case.”
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“I do get pleasure from very inconsequential things, like shopping for clothes.”
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“I always say I'd rather be miserable by myself than unhappy in a relationship.”
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“I am camp. Lots of gay men can't cope with their campness. They are in denial about it.”
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“I am really bad at actually interviewing people.”
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“I was a failed actor but I still wanted to show off, so I ended up doing live comedy.”
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“I have nothing to say about my childhood. It was a perfectly pleasant upbringing - it's not like it was unhappy or anything.”
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“I don't think you should have to try to be nice, I think most people are nice. I think being cheerful and nice is just a politeness.”
-- Graham NortonSource : Source: www.realclearpolitics.com
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“I don't think I've got bad taste. I've got no taste.”
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“I don't think anyone wants to be gay.”
-- Graham NortonSource : "Crooked Fingers". Interview with Alison Fields, pitchfork.com. March 1, 2002.
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“I bet Maurice Gibb's heart monitor was singing the tune of Stayin' Alive.”
-- Graham NortonSource : "Bee Gee lashes out over Norton jokes" by Julia Day, www.theguardian.com. February 10, 2003.
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“I am very quick to judge.”
-- Graham NortonSource : Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. February 17, 2007.
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“All these people I interview are worth ten times what I'm worth.”
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“If it was possible for me to adopt, I probably would, but no one's going to let me adopt.”
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“It sounds deeply shallow, but for brief spells every member of the public can be fascinating.”
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