Graham Norton

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  • “My ambition was to stop waiting tables. That was how I measured success: finally, I was able to stop waiting tables, and I was able to pay the rent, and that was by being a stand-up comic. Not a very good stand-up comic, but good enough to make a living.” -Graham Norton

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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!’” -Graham Norton

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  • “I always say I’d rather be miserable by myself than unhappy in a relationship.” -Graham Norton

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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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  • “Straight men just can’t imagine the bliss of being in a relationship with someone who finds farting as funny as they do.” -Graham Norton

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  • “The people I want are very famous and very rich, and all I can offer them is a bit of exposure on TV and a bit of cash, so it’s a miracle we get any guests at all. But we have been very lucky.” -Graham Norton

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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 Norton

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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.” -Graham Norton

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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?” -Graham Norton

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