I hate those earnest TV documentaries that are the world according to people with glasses who know better than you.
BILLY CONNOLLYI loved Japan. I used to read a lot about it when I was a child. And I always wanted to go. And it was delightful. I absolutely loved it. What a smashing place.
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My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.
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Sometimes there’s a tackiness about Route 66 that out-tacks any tackiness I’ve ever seen anywhere else. And the Meramec Caverns are the pinnacle of that tack.
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I was brought up a Catholic, for that you get an A level in guilt.
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I decided to stop drinking while it was still my idea.
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Life is supposed to be fun. It’s not a job or occupation. We’re here only once and we should have a bit of a laugh.
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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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In Mexico, everything on the menu is the same dish. The only difference is the way it’s folded.
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Outgrew the media… The negativity felt like a disease.
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People die all the time. It’s just that you’re not around.
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Acting is a different discipline. On stage I’m free to say what I please. But the change is very good for ya.
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I am totally, absolutely romantic. When I broke up with a girl I would listen to the most heart-breaking music and make it worse. That’s what girls do. I think I am a girl really.
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Politically correct is the language of cowardice.
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The great thing about Glasgow is that if there’s a nuclear attack it’ll look exactly the same afterwards.
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If I had a hammer, there’d be no more folksingers.
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I’ve always been fascinated by the difference between the jokes you can tell your friends but you can’t tell to an audience.
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