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.
BILLY CONNOLLYWithout arts programmes there’s only reality TV, and reality TV needs the arts to show it what reality is.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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American sex shops are the most bizarre. They sell these inflatable dolls, but they also sell just the head — supposedly for people to drive along the highway with.
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I set out to be a cross between Lenny Bruce and Robert the Bruce.
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I don’t believe in angels and I have trouble with the whole God thing. I don’t want to say I don’t believe in God, but I don’t think I do. But I believe in people who do.
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I can’t believe in Christianity, but I think Jesus was a wonderful teacher.
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Behind the proscenium arch, you can’t always hear what people in the audience are saying.
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As soon as I got successful, the Scottish press started picking on me. It’s something they reserve just for me.
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I decided to stop drinking while it was still my idea.
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The religion in Scotland is one of the most patronising things… after the weather.
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A well-balanced person has a drink in each hand.
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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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Did your mother never tell you not to drink on an empty head?
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There’s no such thing as bad weather – only the wrong clothes.
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I’m a huge film star… but you have to hurry to the movies, because I usually die in the first 15 f–ing minutes. I’m the only guy I know who died in a f–ing Muppet movie.
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If you want to lose a bit of weight, don’t eat anything out of a bucket.
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I don’t aim to offend.
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