When I read ‘Be real, don’t get caught acting,’ I thought, ‘How the hell do you do that?’.
BILLY CONNOLLYThe world needs more Edwin Morgans, people who can take the language and swing it round their heads and don’t care what you think.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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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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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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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 are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter.
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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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Killing a guy and stealing his wife and child isn’t too nice a thing to do.
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When people say “it’s always the last place you look”. Of course it is. Why would you keep looking after you’ve found it?
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It seems to me that Islam and Christianity and Judaism all have the same god, and he’s telling them all different things.
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Learn to feel sorry for music because, although it is the international language, it has no swear words.
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I’d always been scared of people with tertiary education and high intellects in case they found me wanting. I thought they viewed me as just a welder who knew a few jokes.
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Sometimes there’s a tackiness about Route 66 that out-tacks any tackiness I’ve ever seen anywhere else. And the Meramec Caverns are the pinnacle of that tack.
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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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I still do my comedy and my performance stuff and my acting so it’s not all-consuming. But I do find myself drawing more and more these days.
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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 more you know the less the better.
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