The people I want are very famous and very rich, and all I can offer them is a bit of exposure on TV and a bit of cash, so it’s a miracle we get any guests at all. But we have been very lucky.
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My ambition was to stop waiting tables. That was how I measured success: finally, I was able to stop waiting tables, and I was able to pay the rent, and that was by being a stand-up comic. Not a very good stand-up comic, but good enough to make a living.
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| Birth: | 4th April, 1963 |
| Nationality: | Irish |
| Profession: | Television Presenter |
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Graham William Walker, better known by his stage name Graham Norton was born in Clondalkin, Dublin, Ireland. He is an Irish television and radio presenter, TV producer, comedian, and actor. He is a five-time BAFTA TV Award winner for his comedy chat show The Graham Norton Show. He also presents on BBC Radio 2 and is the BBC television commentator of the Eurovision Song Contest, which led Hot Press to describe him as "the 21st century's answer to Terry Wogan". In 2012, he sold his production company, So Television, to ITV for around £17 million. His role in several films include: Another Gay Movie and I Could Never Be Your Woman.
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