Without arts programmes there’s only reality TV, and reality TV needs the arts to show it what reality is.
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.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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Save the Trees? Trees are the main cause of Forest Fires!
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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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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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I always look skint. When I buy a Big Issue, people take it out of my hand and give me a pound.
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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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I used to have Mad Cow’s disease, but I’m alright Nooooooooow.
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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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A lot of people are too easily offended. Religious people, for instance. They’ve been offending other people for centuries.
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There’s a fine line you have to tread because you don’t know who is out there in the auditorium. A lot of people are too easily offended.
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I was brought up a Catholic, for that you get an A level in guilt.
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I became a welder. I was actually becoming an Engineer and I joined the wrong queue. And so I became a welder, without knowing what a welder was.
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I’ve always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives.
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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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Who discovered we could get milk from cows, and what did he think he was doing at the time?
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