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" I don't think anyone wants to be gay. "
Graham Norton
Wants
Think
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" It's amazing how I can just ramble on for hours, isn't it? And so unentertaining or uninteresting. But I can ramble on for hours. It's a sort of terrible gift, isn't it? "
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" I bet Maurice Gibb's heart monitor was singing the tune of Stayin' Alive. "
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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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" 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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" Well, certainly I think American television is - that's proper TV. "
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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 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 BBC will always be attacked by whoever is in government. It is that George Bush thing of 'If you're not with us you are against us.' "
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" It sounds deeply shallow, but for brief spells every member of the public can be fascinating. "
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" In terms of language, yeah we get bleeped and blurred and things, but in terms of content, I would probably say we're getting away with more here than we could get away with in Britain. And that surprised us so much! "
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" All these people I interview are worth ten times what I'm worth. "
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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'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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" 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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" 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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" Those years between drama school and getting onto the stand-up circuit were pretty lean. "
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" My life could have been so grim... really, really grim. "
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" Tolerance is forced on people in London. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I loved Lucille Ball growing up. "
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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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