Love Quote by Graham Norton

Graham Norton’s charm has always been that he refuses to treat fame like a sacred object, and this line bottles that instinct in a single, mischievous shrug. Calling himself “a really bad interviewer” isn’t self-flagellation so much as a preemptive disarming: it lowers the stakes, signals that the usual reverent PR ritual won’t happen here, and invites the audience to laugh with him at the whole performance of celebrity access.

The pivot is the sly confession: he “love[s] meeting celebrities,” then gets “a bit bored.” That boredom isn’t ennui; it’s a critique. Norton is naming the moment the fantasy collapses. The celebrity, up close, becomes “really… an ordinary person” - and the grammar wobble (“you thing”) even reinforces the thought as spontaneous, not polished. He’s puncturing the mythology without turning cruel, which is exactly why his interviews work: he treats the guest as human, and in doing so, makes them more watchable.

Subtextually, it’s also a defense of his own format. Norton’s show thrives on looseness, anecdote, and controlled chaos rather than the traditional “serious” interview that pretends a movie star’s media-training is revelation. In an age where celebrity branding is relentless, he’s arguing for something almost radical: the best way to handle fame is to stop being impressed by it. That posture doesn’t diminish celebrities; it relocates the entertainment to what actually matters - personality, vulnerability, and the comic gap between image and person.