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.
BILLY CONNOLLYSave the Trees? Trees are the main cause of Forest Fires!
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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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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If you haven’t heard a good rumour by 11:00am, start one.
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When I read ‘Be real, don’t get caught acting,’ I thought, ‘How the hell do you do that?’.
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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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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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I’m not going to throw away the hand of friendship to suit 100 Trotskyites in Glasgow.
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Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet.
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I was brought up a Catholic, for that you get an A level in guilt.
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A mate of mine has just told me he’s shagging his girlfriend and her twin, I said how can you tell them apart, he said “her brothers got a moustache!”
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People who are willing to get off their arse to search the entire room for the TV remote because they refuse to walk to the TV and change the channel manually.
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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 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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There’s nothing like it, but it’s not as good as you think it’s going to be. . . . I was disappointed because there are records of people finding things that have been there for years. I was hoping for a shirt button, or my club’s badge – but not a sausage.
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Revolution was written into the U.S. Constitution so it’s like they’re in a constant state of revolution. But then again, happiness is written into their constitution as well, which makes them pretty unique.
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I have been made redundant before and it is a terrible blow; redundant is a rotten word because it makes you think you are useless.
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