The religion in Scotland is one of the most patronising things… after the weather.
BILLY CONNOLLYI’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.
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Oh aye…my Father would thrash me every now and then. He’d talk while he did it too! He’d hit me and shout, ‘Have ye had enough?’ Had enough? Whit kind of question is that? ‘Why, Father, would another kick in the balls be out of the question???’
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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 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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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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I’m a big fan of the Mars Bar Diet. You don’t eat the Mars bar, you stick it up your arse and let a rottweiler chase you home.
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I used to have Mad Cow’s disease, but I’m alright Nooooooooow.
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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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Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet.
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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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As soon as I got successful, the Scottish press started picking on me. It’s something they reserve just for me.
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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 don’t understand art-speak. My pictures are big doodles. I’m amazed what people come up with when they look at them.
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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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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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I’ve always been fascinated by the difference between the jokes you can tell your friends but you can’t tell to an audience.
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