I hate those earnest TV documentaries that are the world according to people with glasses who know better than you.
BILLY CONNOLLYI’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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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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There’s no such thing as bad weather – only the wrong clothes.
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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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Politically correct is the language of cowardice.
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I don’t know why I should have to learn Algebra… I’m never likely to go there.
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I love Scotland and I speak about it a lot, so people think I’m desperate to go back. They just take it upon themselves to say I’m going back, but I’m not. I’d rather concentrate on becoming a citizen of the world.
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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 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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In Mexico, everything on the menu is the same dish. The only difference is the way it’s folded.
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Scotland has the only football team in the world that does a lap of disgrace.
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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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I don’t aim to offend.
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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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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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For me, it’s about the desire to win. My audience becomes a crowd of wild animals and I have to be the lion-tamer or be eaten.
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