Paul O'Grady quotes

If I wanted your opinion, I'd slap it outta ya. (Paul O'Grady)

I enjoyed school - although I ran away on the first day. I'd reminded the teacher that it was nearly time for 'Watch With Mother' on TV.

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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'd rather do community service than sit and write a load of Christmas cards.

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The worst drivers are women in people carriers, men in white vans and anyone in a baseball cap. That's just about everyone.

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Channel 4 are a great bunch of people to work with and the crew are lovely. Working at ITV was like being in the court of Caligula.

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I dress up as a middle-aged prostitute and do a game show.

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I am quite happy to take a cut. You've got to, if you want to work and continue working.

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Comedy, your funny bone, is formed in childhood.

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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 was a really picky eater as a child. Because I was obsessed by Popeye, my mum and aunts would put my food in a can to represent spinach and we'd hum the Popeye tune and then I'd happily eat it. (Paul O'Grady)

Every week I have a disaster in my kitchen. The fire alarm goes off repeatedly. But it doesn't stop me being adventurous.

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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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Times are hard and friends are few.

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It's become normal for me to walk on set as Popeye, Frankenstein or an Elf or even a chicken.

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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. Taking a pay cut won't demotivate me, not at all. It's not about money in the first place. It's about the job.

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I go in the butchers and there's not a lot of meat I can eat these days, with having all the animals.

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I love looking after animals. I find it very enjoyable.

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My primary school teacher once poured a bottle of curdled school milk forcefully down my throat. Then I threw it up all over her suede shoes. I'd rather have drunk from the spittoon in Barney's barber shop.

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