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12th May 2023
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"They might not care as much about the audience, but they do care about each other," Norton commented. "So if they see an actor tell a funny story, you can see them seething - 'Jesus Christ, I have a funny story!' "So the stakes get higher and higher and sometimes we do get terrible stories. I'm like, 'Don't tell that on television!'"The popular talk show host, who has had a long-running series on the BBC, also told Meyers of the one guest he has had on that has never lost his lustre, or dropped character. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zMY3nIkPIc
"Back-stage, we were talking about Tom Cruise. Tom Cruise is one of those people... you know, normally when they come through that door and sit down, pretty quickly it is just a man in a jacket or some woman in a frock, and that's the end of it. "Tom Cruise, with him you can never get past the fact that it is Tom Cruise, and he just remains Tom Cruise throughout the interview. The audience likes that and I like that. The other guests, you can tell they're all a bit starry about him, and there aren't that many people like that. That old star system has kind of gone."
Considering the female version of someone that just oozes star power, Norton suggested Jennifer Lopez.
"It's so funny that she played a maid [in the movie, Maid in Manhattan]," he joked. "Yeah, right!"
Graham Norton has previously revealed that Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was the worst guest he ever had on his talk show.
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