I hate those earnest TV documentaries that are the world according to people with glasses who know better than you.
BILLY CONNOLLYThere are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter.
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I was brought up as a Catholic. I’ve got A-level guilt.
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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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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.
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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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If you give people a chance, they shine.
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I’ve been a poser for f–ing years. I say, pose your arse off. You know, have a laugh.
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The religion in Scotland is one of the most patronising things… after the weather.
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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 hate all those weathermen, too, who tell you that rain is bad weather. There’s no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothing.
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Try to live in a place you like.
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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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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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In Mexico, everything on the menu is the same dish. The only difference is the way it’s folded.
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I’m a citizen of the world. I like it that way. The world’s a wonderful. I just think that some people are pretty badly represented. But when you speak to the people themselves they’re delightful. They all want so little.
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So, have you heard about the oyster who went to a disco and pulled a mussel?
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