Billy Connolly
Billy Connolly
William "Billy" Connolly, CBEis a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor. He is sometimes known, especially in his native Scotland, by the nickname "The Big Yin". His first trade, in the early 1960s, was as a welderin the Glasgow shipyards, but he gave it up towards the end of the decade to pursue a career as a folk singer, firstly in the Humblebums alongside friend Gerry Rafferty until 1971, and subsequently as a solo artist. In the early 1970s, he...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth24 November 1942
CityAnderston, Scotland
So, have you heard about the oyster who went to a disco and pulled a mussel?
Never trust a man, who when left alone with a tea cosey... Doesn't try it on.
Don't tell me how to do my job. I don't come to your workplace and tell you how to sweep up.
There's no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes.
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.
I used to have Mad Cow's disease, but I'm alright Nooooooooow.
Never trust anybody with only one book.
Scotland has the only football team in the world that does a lap of disgrace.
I hate all those weathermen, too, who tell you that rain is bad weather. There's no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothing, so get yourself a sexy raincoat and live a little.
I’m actually pale blue: it takes me a week of sunbathing to turn white.
My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger.
When I was 12, we went from Glasgow to Aberdeen on a school trip. It was called fresh air fortnight.
I think of my life as a series of moments and I've found that the great moments often don't have too much to them. They're not huge, complicated events; they're just magical wee moments when somebody says 'I love you' or 'You're a really good at what you do' or simply 'You're a good person'.
Life is supposed to be fun. It's not a job or occupation. We're here only once and we should have a bit of a laugh.