English - Comedian | June 14, 1955 -
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.
Paul O'Grady
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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 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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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 know it's a cliche, but I didn't want to work in an office.
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I like working with kids; they keep you going.
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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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Writing is such a solitary existence, and I can only do it late at night.
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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.
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I went to work for the Civil Service. I'd wanted to work for the Ministry of Defence because I had some far-fetched idea that it had something to do with the Avengers, but I ended up in Social Security.
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I'd rather do community service than sit and write a load of Christmas cards.
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I was Popeye mad when I was a kid, and I'd eat spinach until the cows came home.
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