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Julian Clary
English
Comedian
About the author
If I've been here a long time, I think: I must go to London and speak to someone or see a bus.
Julian Clary,
English
Comedian
#Time
#London
It was all about wanting to get revenge. Pathetic, really, but it still is the motivation.
Julian Clary,
English
Comedian
#Revenge
#Motivation
It's a wise thing to hold back.
Julian Clary,
English
Comedian
It's almost a way of life. I know what makes me laugh.
Julian Clary,
English
Comedian
#Life
Rodents can come across as being quite vacant in the personality stakes.
Julian Clary,
English
Comedian
#Being
#Personality
The good thing about getting older is that, as you become less attractive, so you have less desire to go out and conquer everyone you see.
Julian Clary,
English
Comedian
#Desire
The public has always had affection for gay entertainers. The time was right for an out gay entertainer.
Julian Clary,
English
Comedian
#Time
#Right
#Public
#Gay
#Affection
The whole business of getting famous was good fun, but it was a long time ago.
Julian Clary,
English
Comedian
#Time
#Fun
#Business
#Famous
There is a single entendre, but I don't know about a triple one.
Julian Clary,
English
Comedian
Just because someone's dead doesn't mean it's over. My grandfather died more than 25 years ago, but I still think of him a lot and smell his smell.
Julian Clary,
English
Comedian
#Years
I've found a more personal, pagan kind of religion to satisfy the spiritual side of things.
Julian Clary,
English
Comedian
#Religion
#Spiritual
The English like eccentrics. They just don't like them living next door.
Julian Clary,
English
Comedian
#English
#Living
I am full of gratitude for my life - and for this house.
Julian Clary,
English
Comedian
#Life
#Gratitude
The bullying was hideous and relentless, and we turned it round by making ourselves celebrities.
Julian Clary,
English
Comedian
I'm not sure how aware of the rest of the world I am. I live a rather sheltered existence.
Julian Clary,
English
Comedian
#World
#Rest
#Existence
However light-hearted you try to be about it, the loss of youth, and everything that goes with it, is quite a trauma.
Julian Clary,
English
Comedian
#Youth
#Light
#Loss
I didn't think of myself as a tart, but I wouldn't argue with anyone who did.
Julian Clary,
English
Comedian
I get just as much of a thrill out of constructing a good sentence that gets a laugh at the end as I do from a joke.
Julian Clary,
English
Comedian
#End
I knew that this was what I wanted to talk about on stage. There was no point being coy about it, or pretending that I wasn't gay. That was the substance of my whole act. If you took that away, there would be nothing left.
Julian Clary,
English
Comedian
#Talk
#Nothing
#Being
#Act
#Gay
I live in a kind of gay bubble. I live in a gay house, I drive a gay car. I eat gay food.
Julian Clary,
English
Comedian
#Food
#Car
#Gay
I think Australians like a bit of vulgarity.
Julian Clary,
English
Comedian
#Vulgarity
I thought a dignified thing to do would be to live in the country by the time I'm 50 and write books.
Julian Clary,
English
Comedian
#Time
#Thought
#Country
#Books
I thought they were staring at me because I was gay. But it was because I was on the telly.
Julian Clary,
English
Comedian
#Thought
#Gay
I was lightweight - that was the whole point of me.
Julian Clary,
English
Comedian
I'm currently in an interesting correspondence with a nun about forgiveness.
Julian Clary,
English
Comedian
#Forgiveness
A lot of gay men have a lot of sex. That's what we do. But I've stopped all that-the revolving door into my bedroom. Promiscuity. That was of its day, really.
Julian Clary,
English
Comedian
#Day
#Men
#Gay
#Sex