I’ve always been fascinated by the difference between the jokes you can tell your friends but you can’t tell to an audience.
BILLY CONNOLLYI’ve never done a comedy club in my life. It’s weird because I don’t have the same background as most comics. I don’t have a history of going up and only doing eight minutes.
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If I had a hammer, there’d be no more folksingers.
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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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Scotland has the only football team in the world that does a lap of disgrace.
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The great thing about Glasgow is that if there’s a nuclear attack it’ll look exactly the same afterwards.
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Don’t work out, work in.
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Revolution was written into the U.S. Constitution so it’s like they’re in a constant state of revolution. But then again, happiness is written into their constitution as well, which makes them pretty unique.
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People die all the time. It’s just that you’re not around.
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Outgrew the media… The negativity felt like a disease.
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Never trust people who’ve only got one book.
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I’ve never done a comedy club in my life. It’s weird because I don’t have the same background as most comics. I don’t have a history of going up and only doing eight minutes.
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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 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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Try to live in a place you like.
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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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The strangest thing is at tea breaks, or coffee breaks or lunch, you forget you’re a zombie. And you’re talking about politics to somebody at the table and you forget that you have a bullet hole in your forehead.
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