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
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I'm not a businessman. I could pack it in, but I like work. I don't want to sound like Catherine Cookson, but I've worked since I was eight, with a paper round and in a fruit and veg shop.
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I can compare it to running with the bulls in Spain. It was one of the better adrenaline rushes in my life.
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I can eat beef, provided it's minced in disguise. I couldn't eat a gammon steak. Forget it.
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I like to travel, and I would love to be fluent in at least four languages.
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I still consider myself working class. I know my circumstances have changed dramatically since I was growing up back in Birkenhead.
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I only like doing live telly. It's great because you go in and do it and then go home. No edit, no retakes.
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I don't like awards ceremonies. I'd sooner go to the pub with mates I've known for years.
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I think it's bad for fellas when they lose their mothers. Mine was such a character. Oh it was sad, really sad. And, with her gone, the family home was gone, so what was left of any roots I had were completely dug up.
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I'd rather do community service than sit and write a load of Christmas cards.
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I make a wonderful cure-all called Four Thieves, just like my mum did. It's cider vinegar, 36 cloves of garlic and four herbs, representing four looters of plague victims' homes in 1665 who had their sentences reduced from burning at the stake to hanging for explaining the recipe that kept them from catching the plague.
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I don't live with people, that's why my relationships last. I'm not romantic. Even when I was a teenager if somebody asked if they could hold my hand I'd say, - no, it's not heavy, I can hold it myself, thank you'.
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I know it's a cliche, but I didn't want to work in an office.
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I don't want to sit until I'm 90 with people running around after me. I'm not one for sitting on the couch.
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I was born late - what my mother calls the last kick of a dying horse. There's three of us children, but I'm 13 or 14 years younger than my brother and sister.