Paul O'Grady
Paul O'Grady
Paul James O'Grady, MBEis an English comedian, television presenter, actor, writer and radio disc-jockey. He achieved fame using his comedic drag queen character, Lily Savage, and later became well known for presenting TV shows as himself, such as The Paul O'Grady Show...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth14 June 1955
CityBirkenhead, England
allowed lives
You can draw the character out of pets, and you can make them your friends, but they are animals, and they have to be allowed to live the lives of animals.
came cows home popeye spinach until
I was Popeye mad when I was a kid, and I'd eat spinach until the cows came home.
fun work eye
Noel Coward said work is more fun than fun, but then he didn't work in the Bird's Eye factory packing frozen fish fingers nine hours a day, did he?
opinion wanted slap
If I wanted your opinion, I'd slap it outta ya.
attitude years roots
I've frequently been asked over the years who Lily Savage was based on and I've always answered that it was no one in particular and she was just a figment of my imagination. The truth, I realise now, is that Lily owes a lot to the women I encountered in my childhood. Characteristics and attitudes were observed and absorbed, Aunty Chris's in particular, and they provided the roots and compost for the Lily that would germinate and grow later on.
games dresses middle
I dress up as a middle-aged prostitute and do a game show.
drinking night lasts
What was I drinking last night? Furniture polish?
childhood comedy bones
Comedy, your funny bone, is formed in childhood.
teenager hands people
I dont live with people, thats why my relationships last. Im not romantic. Even when I was a teenager if somebody asked if they could hold my hand Id say, - no, its not heavy, I can hold it myself, thank you.
baseball men white
The worst drivers are women in people carriers, men in white vans and anyone in a baseball cap. That's just about everyone.
normal popeye chickens
It's become normal for me to walk on set as Popeye, Frankenstein or an Elf or even a chicken.
fire kitchen alarms
Every week I have a disaster in my kitchen. The fire alarm goes off repeatedly. But it doesn't stop me being adventurous.
hard
Times are hard and friends are few
solitary
Writing is such a solitary existence, and I can only do it late at night.