Quote

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!'

Graham Norton

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Graham Norton
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: April 4
Comedian
Film Actor
Journalist
Presenter
Radio Personality
Television Presenter
Graham William Walker
Graham Walker
Thought
Gay
Lad
Men
Straight
Masculinity
Think
Excited
Wow
Thinking
Places
Realise
Value
Realising
Says
Aspire
Society
Club
Doorman
Values
Clubs
Lads

More quotes by Graham Norton

Image
The BBC is a victim of its own independence.
Graham Norton
Image
I do get pleasure from very inconsequential things, like shopping for clothes.
Graham Norton
Image
Forty freaked me out. I didn't see it coming. My life was in a state of chaos - I was moving jobs and moving house - and it just hit me like a ton of bricks.
Graham Norton
Image
I don't think I've got bad taste. I've got no taste.
Graham Norton
Image
Some people think they're depressed and they go to the doctor and want pills. And you just think: 'You hate where you live, you've lost your job, your boyfriend has dumped you, could all this be why you're depressed?'
Graham Norton
Image
Do I have more depth than I'm given credit for? No!
Graham Norton
Image
My parents grew up working class, but in that way that working class families do, they spent a fortune on education to better me.
Graham Norton
Image
All my interesting stories are from before I was on television. Nothing interesting has happened to me since then. Maybe it's because the most interesting thing in my life is the show and that's on telly.
Graham Norton
Image
I have nothing to say about my childhood. It was a perfectly pleasant upbringing - it's not like it was unhappy or anything.
Graham Norton
Image
It sounds deeply shallow, but for brief spells every member of the public can be fascinating.
Graham Norton
Image
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.
Graham Norton
Image
I am really bad at actually interviewing people.
Graham Norton
Image
My mobile rang around lunchtime one day, and it was George Michael. He wanted to come in on Friday. We were like, 'okay, if that's what you want'. And he was a very good guest. That's a real exception to the rule.
Graham Norton
Image
I'm often dating people, but I don't say it because you sort of know it won't last long.
Graham Norton
Image
Straight men just can't imagine the bliss of being in a relationship with someone who finds farting as funny as they do.
Graham Norton
Image
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.
Graham Norton
Image
I am very quick to judge.
Graham Norton
Image
All these people I interview are worth ten times what I'm worth.
Graham Norton
Image
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.
Graham Norton
Image
One of the great things about being gay and out is that the papers couldn't care less about your love life.
Graham Norton