Graham norton

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.

I've heard other gay people say when they were growing up they felt 'foreign.' Growing up, I was able to label these feelings as: 'I'm a Protestant.' It wasn't until I left, I thought: 'Oh, those...

Occasionally the state of the planet can knock me off my perky perch.

Well, certainly I think American television is - that's proper TV.

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.

You don't want money to make you a social freak where you can only hang out with rich people.

Those years between drama school and getting onto the stand-up circuit were pretty lean.

I'm often dating people, but I don't say it because you sort of know it won't last long.

The higher your profile becomes, the more aware you are that people out there might hate you.

The BBC will always be attacked by whoever is in government. It is that George Bush thing of 'If you're not with us you are against us.'