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I've frequently been asked over the years who Lily Savage was based on and I've always answered that it was no one in particular and she was just a figment of my imagination. The truth, I realise now, is that Lily owes a lot to the women I encountered in my childhood. Characteristics and attitudes were observed and absorbed, Aunty Chris's in particular, and they provided the roots and compost for the Lily that would germinate and grow later on.

Paul O'Grady's Popular Quotes

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've frequently been asked over the years who Lily Savage was based on and I've always answered that it was no one in particular and she was just a f…

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Noel Coward said work is more fun than fun, but then he didn't work in the Bird's Eye factory packing frozen fish fingers nine hours a day, did he?

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If I wanted your opinion, I'd slap it outta ya.

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

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Times are hard and friends are few

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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 hu…

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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'…

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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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