Graham Norton Quotes - Page 2

• 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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  Self, Looks, Might

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• It sounds deeply shallow, but for brief spells every member of the public can be fascinating.

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  Sound, Shallow, Members

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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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  Looks, Earth, Want

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• I loved Lucille Ball growing up.

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  Growing Up, Balls, Growing

  Interview with Ken Plume, asitecalledfred.com. February 2003.

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• The only time I took Ecstacy was years and years ago. It was absolutely amazing.

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  Years, Drug, Years Ago

  "BBC backs Norton over drugs admission" by Jo Revill, www.theguardian.com. October 8, 2006.

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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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  Let Me, Ifs

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• Occasionally the state of the planet can knock me off my perky perch.

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  States, Perky, Planets

  Interview With Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. February 17, 2007.

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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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  Gay, Men, Thinking

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• The BBC is a victim of its own independence.

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  Independence, Victim

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• Well, certainly I think American television is - that's proper TV.

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  Thinking, Television, Tvs

  Interview with Ken Plume, asitecalledfred.com. February 2003 - August 2004.

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• I do get pleasure from very inconsequential things, like shopping for clothes.

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  Shopping, Clothes, Pleasure

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• I think the word is adult!

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  Thinking, Adults

  "'I'm kind of where I wanted to be'". Interview with Lynn Barber, www.theguardian.com. March 20, 2005.

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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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  Jobs, Moving, House

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• All these people I interview are worth ten times what I'm worth.

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  People, Interviews, Ten

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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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  People, Want, Freak

  "Glad to be Graham". Interview With Lynn Barber, www.theguardian.com. October 27, 2001.

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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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  Long, People, Dating

  "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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• 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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  Friday, Real, Exception To The Rule

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• Tolerance is forced on people in London.

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  People, Tolerance, London

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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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  Bored, Want, Obvious

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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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  Jobs, Hate, Thinking

  "The name's Norton. Graham Norton" by Barbara Ellen, www.theguardian.com. November 18, 2007.

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• Those years between drama school and getting onto the stand-up circuit were pretty lean.

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  Drama, School, Years

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. March 11, 2003.

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• My life could have been so grim really, really grim.

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  Grim, Could Have Been, Has Beens

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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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  Paper, Want, London

  "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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• 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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  Interesting, Stories, Television

  "Not so Graham Norton" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. April 09, 2001.

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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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  Beautiful, Males, Hot

  "'Like you would never see a nipple on Downton Abbey': Graham Norton laments dominance of "goody goody" TV dramas". www.mirror.co.uk. October 9, 2012.

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