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Paul O'Grady
English
Comedian
Born:
Jun 14
,
1955
Eat
Go
Me
People
Work
You
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.
Paul O'Grady
Wonderful
Thieves
Recipe
Cider
Had
Catching
Like
Make
Reduced
Did
Hanging
Just
Representing
Burning
Victims
Explaining
Plague
Stake
Them
Sentences
Who
Homes
Mum
Garlic
Vinegar
Four
Herbs
Kept
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.
Paul O'Grady
Work
Great
People
Crew
Channel
Like
Court
Bunch
Being
Lovely
Working
If I wanted your opinion, I'd slap it outta ya.
Paul O'Grady
Ya
Opinion
Wanted
Your
Slap
I've got four dogs, eight chickens, 10 sheep and six pigs.
Paul O'Grady
Sheep
Pigs
Got
Dogs
Chickens
Six
Eight
Four
I'd rather do community service than sit and write a load of Christmas cards.
Paul O'Grady
Service
Christmas
Sit
Community
Rather
Write
Than
Community Service
Cards
Load
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.
Paul O'Grady
Teacher
Time
Day
School
Mother
First
Ran
TV
Reminded
Although
Away
Nearly
Enjoyed
Watch
I love looking after animals. I find it very enjoyable.
Paul O'Grady
Love
Animals
Looking
I Love
Find
Very
After
Enjoyable
I don't like awards ceremonies. I'd sooner go to the pub with mates I've known for years.
Paul O'Grady
Sooner
Like
Known
Go
Mates
Years
Pub
Ceremonies
Awards
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
Work
Fruit
Paper
Could
Since
Like
Catherine
Sound
Shop
Eight
Want
Pack
Worked
Businessman
Round
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.
Paul O'Grady
Morning
Black
Seen
Meal
Enjoy
Months
Restaurant
See
Having
Pick
Like
Always
Go
Up
Person
Flat
Might
Then
Her
When my dog Buster died, I couldn't get over it. I was in bits.
Paul O'Grady
Dog
Bits
Over
Over It
Get
Died
Buster
Comedy, your funny bone, is formed in childhood.
Paul O'Grady
Funny
Comedy
Bone
Childhood
Formed
Your
I still consider myself working class. I know my circumstances have changed dramatically since I was growing up back in Birkenhead.
Paul O'Grady
Myself
Class
Changed
Consider
Back
Dramatically
Circumstances
Since
Know
Still
Up
Working
Working-Class
Growing
Growing Up
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.
Paul O'Grady
Sad
Home
Family
Character
Lose
Gone
Think
I Think
Mine
Bad
Had
Mothers
Dug
Were
Left
Up
Any
Oh
Really
Roots
Her
Writing is such a solitary existence, and I can only do it late at night.
Paul O'Grady
Writing
Late
I Can
Solitary
Only
Existence
Night
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.
Paul O'Grady
Work
Service
Defence
Security
Ministry
Civil
Some
Civil Service
Something
Had
Idea
Because
Up
Ended
Wanted
Social
Avengers
Far-Fetched
Social Security
The worst drivers are women in people carriers, men in white vans and anyone in a baseball cap. That's just about everyone.
Paul O'Grady
Women
People
Men
White
Everyone
Worst
About
Drivers
Just
Anyone
Cap
Baseball
I don't go for glamour roles.
Paul O'Grady
Glamour
Go
Roles
I can eat beef, provided it's minced in disguise. I couldn't eat a gammon steak. Forget it.
Paul O'Grady
Disguise
I Can
Eat
Steak
Beef
Provided
Forget
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'.
Paul O'Grady
Myself
You
People
Somebody
Thank You
Live
Teenager
Relationships
Say
I Can
Could
Hand
Thank
Heavy
Romantic
Hold
Asked
Even
Why
Last
I was Popeye mad when I was a kid, and I'd eat spinach until the cows came home.
Paul O'Grady
Home
Kid
Mad
Spinach
Eat
Until
Came
Cows
Popeye
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.
Paul O'Grady
Teacher
School
Drunk
Shoes
Down
Once
Threw
Rather
Throat
Poured
Bottle
Primary
Primary School
Over
School Teacher
Up
Shop
Barber
Then
Barney
Suede
Milk
Her
It's become normal for me to walk on set as Popeye, Frankenstein or an Elf or even a chicken.
Paul O'Grady
Me
Walk
Become
Frankenstein
Normal
Chicken
Popeye
Even
Elf
Set