Latest Billy Connolly Quotes from Interviews

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• I don't think I've ever died on stage. I've had jokes that died on stage. I've told a joke and absolutely nothing. They didn't know it was the end of the joke.

  Billy Connolly

  Thinking, Jokes

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I think comedy is difficult, and I'm amazed so many people want to do it. I'll be buying jeans and somebody will say, "I'm a comedian" - the guy selling you the jeans. The desire to be a comedian is weird. I found it weird myself to want to be one; I was a schoolboy when I wanted to be one but I didn't know how to do it. That was 50 years ago, so times have changed greatly. There seems to be a long line of people desperate to do it and most of them are quite good.

  Billy Connolly

  Thinking, Long, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• If you're going to do an interview about a movie or anything like that, you're vulnerable. You say stupid things. Or if you're applying for a green card you feel very vulnerable and you're likely to spout out something stupid in the middle of it all.

  Billy Connolly

  Stupid, Vulnerable

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• 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.

  Billy Connolly

  Thinking, Scotland, People

  Source: brightestyoungthings.com

• 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.

  Billy Connolly

  Eight, Done, Clubs

  Source: brightestyoungthings.com

• I think the longer Britain is in Europe the better.

  Billy Connolly

  Thinking, Europe, Britain

  Source: brightestyoungthings.com

• 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.

  Billy Connolly

  Unique, Revolution, Constitution

  Source: brightestyoungthings.com

• I've been very lucky because I've always had movies to do. So if I got bored between shows a movie would turn up.

  Billy Connolly

  Bored, Lucky, Shows

  Source: brightestyoungthings.com

• Acting is a different discipline. On stage I'm free to say what I please. But the change is very good for ya.

  Billy Connolly

  Discipline, Acting, Different

  Source: brightestyoungthings.com

• 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.

  Billy Connolly

  Coffee, Talking, Lunch

  "Billy Connolly Is Fido!". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. June 17, 2007.

• The zombie sex, I have no idea. It must be like tantric sex.

  Billy Connolly

  Sex, Ideas, Zombie

  "Billy Connolly Is Fido!". Interviww with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. June 17, 2007.

• 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.

  Billy Connolly

  Believe, Book, Care

  "Billy Connolly Is Fido!". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. June 17, 2007.

• Killing a guy and stealing his wife and child isn't too nice a thing to do.

  Billy Connolly

  Children, Nice, Wife

  "Billy Connolly Is Fido!". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. June 17, 2007.

• I'm one of the school of people who don't do research of the reality of the thing or the unreality of the thing. In all the movies I've done, I've never done any research.

  Billy Connolly

  School, Reality, People

  "Billy Connolly Is Fido!". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. June 17, 2007.