Graham Norton
Graham Norton
Graham William Walker, better known by his stage name Graham Norton, is an Irish television and radio presenter, comedian, and actor based in the United Kingdom. He is a five-time BAFTA TV Award winner for his comedy chat show The Graham Norton Show. Previously shown on BBC Two, it took the prestigious Friday night slot on BBC One from Jonathan Ross in 2010. He also presents on BBC Radio 2 and is the BBC television commentator of the Eurovision Song...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth4 April 1963
CityClondalkin, Ireland
CountryIreland
Those years between drama school and getting onto the stand-up circuit were pretty lean.
I've so exceeded what I ever wanted to do.
I'm actually quite self-sufficient, so it might look as if there isn't room for anyone in my life. That isn't entirely the case.
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.
An awful lot of female celebrities are very beautiful whereas a lot of male celebrities are not so hot.
Britain's such a twisted, weird little place.
I always say I'd rather be miserable by myself than unhappy in a relationship.
I am camp. Lots of gay men can't cope with their campness. They are in denial about it.
I'm often dating people, but I don't say it because you sort of know it won't last long.
I'd like to retire at 50 but I don't want to sell papers in the middle of London on a Zimmer.
I have nothing to say about my childhood. It was a perfectly pleasant upbringing - it's not like it was unhappy or anything.
I was a failed actor but I still wanted to show off, so I ended up doing live comedy.
I loved Lucille Ball growing up.
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.