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
My version of falling in love is borderline psychotic. Should be avoided at all costs. Get obsessed. Can't fall in love and function at the same time. All-consuming. Tunnel vision. Euphoric.'
To be nominated for this is really huge because like it's the globe, it's the world television.
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.
We supply wine to all the guests - but most of the guests don't bring the wine on. But I drink wine before the show. Everyone does.
Being asked to host the BAFTA awards is a huge thrill, not to mention a lot easier than sitting in the audience pretending to be pleased for the winners.
On meeting Victoria and David Beckham: Victoria pointed to her necklace and said '?1.5 million'. David introduced himself. I was staring at his wife's tits and shouting 'how much?!
I spent a long time working in restaurants and making no money. It was very character-building, but I think it could have been built in a shorter time.
In terms of language, yeah we get bleeped and blurred and things, but in terms of content, I would probably say we're getting away with more here than we could get away with in Britain. And that surprised us so much!
It's lovely to get one successful show - the chances of finding a second one are not so hot.
Occasionally the state of the planet can knock me off my perky perch.
My life could have been so grim really, really grim.
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!'
You don't want money to make you a social freak where you can only hang out with rich people.
It sounds deeply shallow, but for brief spells every member of the public can be fascinating.