I just believe in the movie. I don’t care what the book was like. I don’t care what the previous film was like or other films were like. I care only about the script I’ve got.
BILLY CONNOLLYWhen you are waiting for the bus and someone asks, “Has the bus come yet?”. If the bus came would I be standing here?
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I’d never consciously left home to see a zombie movie. They were fine by me, but I had no intention of ever being in one. But I’ve been learning more about it as I’ve been doing interviews. I
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If I had a hammer, there’d be no more folksingers.
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The strangest thing is at tea breaks, or coffee breaks or lunch, you forget you’re a zombie. And you’re talking about politics to somebody at the table and you forget that you have a bullet hole in your forehead.
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I’m a big fan of the Mars Bar Diet. You don’t eat the Mars bar, you stick it up your arse and let a rottweiler chase you home.
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Once you become successful, people know where you live, the type of house you live in, the kind of car you drive, the clothes you wear, and so it would be patronising to go and talk like a welder. Welding’s a mystery to me now. You can’t go back, your life changes every day.
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If you give people a chance, they shine.
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I once travelled to Adelaide on Emu Airways. I was 5,000 ft up in the air when someone pointed out to me that emus can’t fly
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I hate those earnest TV documentaries that are the world according to people with glasses who know better than you.
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Did your mother never tell you not to drink on an empty head?
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I don’t think I’ve ever died on stage. I’ve had jokes that died on stage. I’ve told a joke and absolutely nothing. They didn’t know it was the end of the joke.
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When people say “it’s always the last place you look”. Of course it is. Why would you keep looking after you’ve found it?
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I used to be a folk singer, but I was… dreadful. I had a voice like a goose farting in the fog.
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People die all the time. It’s just that you’re not around.
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There’s an element of manners that should tell you that the ticket is dear and it’s a different venue.
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When I was 12, we went from Glasgow to Aberdeen on a school trip. It was called fresh air fortnight.
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