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.
BILLY CONNOLLYI 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.
More Billy Connolly Quotes
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It’s my mind, and I reserve the right to change it as often as I like.
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I used to be a folk singer, but I was… dreadful. I had a voice like a goose farting in the fog.
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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 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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So, have you heard about the oyster who went to a disco and pulled a mussel?
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The religion in Scotland is one of the most patronising things… after the weather.
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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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If you want to lose a bit of weight, don’t eat anything out of a bucket.
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If Jesus was a Jew, how come he has a Mexican first name?
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My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger.
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I was brought up as a Catholic. I’ve got A-level guilt.
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I decided to stop drinking while it was still my idea.
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I became a welder. I was actually becoming an Engineer and I joined the wrong queue. And so I became a welder, without knowing what a welder was.
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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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The human race has been set up. Someone, somewhere, is playing a practical joke on us. Apparently, women need to feel loved to have sex. Men need to have sex to feel loved. How do we ever get started.
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