Julian Clary Quotes
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. However light-hearted you try to be about it, the loss of youth, and everything that goes with it, is quite a trauma. I am full of gratitude for my life - and for this house. I didn't think of myself as a tart, but I wouldn't argue with anyone who did. 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. 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. I live in a kind of gay bubble. I live in a gay house, I drive a gay car. I eat gay food. I think Australians like a bit of vulgarity. I thought a dignified thing to do would be to live in the country by the time I'm 50 and write books. I thought they were staring at me because I was gay. But it was because I was on the telly. I was lightweight - that was the whole point of me. I'm currently in an interesting correspondence with a nun about forgiveness. I'm not sure how aware of the rest of the world I am. I live a rather sheltered existence. I've found a more personal, pagan kind of religion to satisfy the spiritual side of things. If I've been here a long time, I think: I must go to London and speak to someone or see a bus. It was all about wanting to get revenge. Pathetic, really, but it still is the motivation. It's a wise thing to hold back. It's almost a way of life. I know what makes me laugh. 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. Rodents can come across as being quite vacant in the personality stakes.
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