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
cut money pay taking
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 am quite happy to take a cut. You've got to, if you want to work and continue working.
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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.
When my dog Buster died, I couldn't get over it. I was in bits.
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I can eat beef, provided it's minced in disguise. I couldn't eat a gammon steak. Forget it.
attack brother dad died mini mum
Mum and Dad died of heart problems, my grandparents died of it, my sister has had mini strokes, my brother has had a heart attack - it's genetic; there's nothing I can do.
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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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The person I always enjoy having a meal with is Cilla Black. I might not see her for months, but then I'll pick her up at her flat, and we'll go to a restaurant, and it's like I've seen her that morning.
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.
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.
born brother calls dying kick last late mother three younger
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.
people running until
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.
work
I know it's a cliche, but I didn't want to work in an office.
asked relationships romantic somebody teenager thank
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'.