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
BILLY CONNOLLYMy parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.
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I think of my life as a series of moments and I’ve found that the great moments often don’t have too much to them.
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I started to draw desert islands. They were just rough, shapes in the middle of the page. Then I began drawing shapes within those shapes and I was amazed how quickly the islands got better. It took off from there.
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Well, the film’s not only pricking the pomposity of the Church, it’s pricking the pomposity, and sometimes you would think fraudulence, of the insurance companies.
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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.
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The only time I would like to see was the 20s and 30s in America because I love the music and the style and the optimism, I wanted to see New York being built. I wanted to see all that, you know.
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Never run with scissors or other pointy objects.
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Who discovered we could get milk from cows, and what did he think he was doing at the time?
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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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My advice to you, if you want to lose a bit of weight: don’t eat anything that comes in a bucket. Buckets are the kitchen utensils of the farmyard.
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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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Don’t vote, it only encourages them.
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Scotland has the only football team in the world that does a lap of disgrace.
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The human race has been set up. Someone, somewhere, is playing a practical joke on us. Apparently, women need to feel loved to have sex. Men need to have sex to feel loved. How do we ever get started.
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It’s my mind, and I reserve the right to change it as often as I like.
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Don’t tell me how to do my job. I don’t come to your workplace and tell you how to sweep up.
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