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" I know it's a cliche, but I didn't want to work in an office. "
Paul O'Grady
Office
Work
Want
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" I was born late - what my mother calls the last kick of a dying horse. There's three of us children, but I'm 13 or 14 years younger than my brother and sister. "
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" I like working with kids; they keep you going. "
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" I went to work for the Civil Service. I'd wanted to work for the Ministry of Defence because I had some far-fetched idea that it had something to do with the Avengers, but I ended up in Social Security. "
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" I enjoyed school - although I ran away on the first day. I'd reminded the teacher that it was nearly time for 'Watch With Mother' on TV. "
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" Comedy, your funny bone, is formed in childhood. "
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" I'd rather do community service than sit and write a load of Christmas cards. "
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" I make a wonderful cure-all called Four Thieves, just like my mum did. It's cider vinegar, 36 cloves of garlic and four herbs, representing four looters of plague victims' homes in 1665 who had their sentences reduced from burning at the stake to hanging for explaining the recipe that kept them from catching the plague. "
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" When my dog Buster died, I couldn't get over it. I was in bits. "
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Get
" Every week I have a disaster in my kitchen. The fire alarm goes off repeatedly. But it doesn't stop me being adventurous. "
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" The person I always enjoy having a meal with is Cilla Black. I might not see her for months, but then I'll pick her up at her flat, and we'll go to a restaurant, and it's like I've seen her that morning. "
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Enjoy
" I go in the butchers and there's not a lot of meat I can eat these days, with having all the animals. "
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Go
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" I don't live with people, that's why my relationships last. I'm not romantic. Even when I was a teenager if somebody asked if they could hold my hand I'd say, - no, it's not heavy, I can hold it myself, thank you'. "
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You
Romantic
Say
" My primary school teacher once poured a bottle of curdled school milk forcefully down my throat. Then I threw it up all over her suede shoes. I'd rather have drunk from the spittoon in Barney's barber shop. "
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Her
Teacher
Drunk
" I dress up as a middle-aged prostitute and do a game show. "
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Dress
Middle-Aged
Show
" I don't like awards ceremonies. I'd sooner go to the pub with mates I've known for years. "
Paul O'Grady
Awards
Pub
Years
" I'm not a businessman. I could pack it in, but I like work. I don't want to sound like Catherine Cookson, but I've worked since I was eight, with a paper round and in a fruit and veg shop. "
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Like
Work
" I only like doing live telly. It's great because you go in and do it and then go home. No edit, no retakes. "
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Home
You
Live
" I was a really picky eater as a child. Because I was obsessed by Popeye, my mum and aunts would put my food in a can to represent spinach and we'd hum the Popeye tune and then I'd happily eat it. "
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Obsessed
Child
Because
" I am quite happy to take a cut. You've got to, if you want to work and continue working. "
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Work
I Am
Want
" I think it's bad for fellas when they lose their mothers. Mine was such a character. Oh it was sad, really sad. And, with her gone, the family home was gone, so what was left of any roots I had were completely dug up. "
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Home
Character
Roots
" I was Popeye mad when I was a kid, and I'd eat spinach until the cows came home. "
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Eat
Until
Mad
" Writing is such a solitary existence, and I can only do it late at night. "
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Writing
Night
" I've got four dogs, eight chickens, 10 sheep and six pigs. "
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Pigs
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" Times are hard and friends are few. "
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" I don't want to sit until I'm 90 with people running around after me. I'm not one for sitting on the couch. "
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" Channel 4 are a great bunch of people to work with and the crew are lovely. Working at ITV was like being in the court of Caligula. "
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" I love looking after animals. I find it very enjoyable. "
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" The worst drivers are women in people carriers, men in white vans and anyone in a baseball cap. That's just about everyone. "
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" It's become normal for me to walk on set as Popeye, Frankenstein or an Elf or even a chicken. "
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Chicken
" I can eat beef, provided it's minced in disguise. I couldn't eat a gammon steak. Forget it. "
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Eat
Disguise