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
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 its a miracle we get any guests at all. But we have been very lucky. – Graham Norton
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, dont you lads? you get all excited because you think, Wow, he thought I was straight! – Graham Norton
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