I was brought up as a Catholic. I’ve got A-level guilt.
BILLY CONNOLLYFame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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I just believe in the movie. I don’t care what the book was like. I don’t care what the previous film was like or other films were like. I care only about the script I’ve got.
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The religion in Scotland is one of the most patronising things… after the weather.
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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’ve been a poser for f–ing years. I say, pose your arse off. You know, have a laugh.
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I don’t have wild dogs chasing people with scripts away from my door. I get my share. I’ve done okay. But I usually do independent stuff because that’s mostly what I’m offered.
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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 love Los Angeles. It reinvents itself every two days.
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Try to live in a place you like.
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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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I set out to be a cross between Lenny Bruce and Robert the Bruce.
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I 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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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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Wisdom isn’t an old guy on top of a mountain in a loin cloth. It isn’t an answer. It’s a question.
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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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I once travelled to Adelaide on Emu Airways. I was 5,000 ft up in the air when someone pointed out to me that emus can’t fly
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