Graham Norton Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

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

“It's lovely to get one successful show - the chances of finding a second one are not so hot.”

“My parents grew up working class, but in that way that working class families do, they spent a fortune on education to better me.”

“One of the great things about being gay and out is that the papers couldn't care less about your love life.”

“The BBC is a victim of its own independence.”

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

“You don't want money to make you a social freak where you can only hang out with rich people.”

“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.”

“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.'”

“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.”