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
BILLY CONNOLLYActing is a different discipline. On stage I’m free to say what I please. But the change is very good for ya.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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I spent the whole time battering people I liked and singing with my arm round people I loathed.
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When you involved in an accident and someone asks “are you alright?” Yes fine thanks, I’ll just pick up my limbs and be off.
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People who announce they are going to the toilet. Thanks that’s an image I really didn’t need.
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I loathe hecklers. I haven’t got a good syllable to say. When you come out of the club circuit and into the concert hall, they should be gone.
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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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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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The world needs more Edwin Morgans, people who can take the language and swing it round their heads and don’t care what you think.
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Tread gently on anyone who looks at you sideways.
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There’s one of a figure with two heads that somebody thought must be a comment on the state of matrimony. None of it is a comment on anything.
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Scottish-Americans tell you that if you want to identify tartans, it’s easy – you simply look under the kilt, and if it’s a quarter-pounder, you know it’s a McDonald’s.
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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 nothing better than a fight, especially when you’re watching it from a safe place. You can yell encouragement! Hit him with the left, he’s a big Jessie!
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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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Save the Trees? Trees are the main cause of Forest Fires!
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I used to be a folk singer, but I was… dreadful. I had a voice like a goose farting in the fog.
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