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
I worry about ridiculous things, you know, how does a guy who drives a snowplough get to work in the morning. ... That can keep me awake for days..
I'm not going to throw away the hand of friendship to suit 100 Trotskyites in Glasgow.
I have been made redundant before and it is a terrible blow; redundant is a rotten word because it makes you think you are useless.
Politically correct is the language of cowardice.
Outgrew the media... The negativity felt like a disease.
Try to live in a place you like.
There's nothing better than a fight, especially when you're watching it from a safe place. You can yell encouragement! Hit him with the left, he's a big Jessie!
I was brought up a Catholic, for that you get an A level in guilt.
When you're eating something and someone asks 'Is that nice?' No it's really revolting - I always eat stuff I hate.
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 didn't even know there were specialist zombie magazines and clubs. I heard the other day that a radio station had asked people if they`d made preparations for an attack by zombies, and a staggering number of people replied yes!
I've always liked it here. Part of me is Irish. My family comes from the west coast, so whenever I come to Ireland I get a wee tingling in my heart that I'm where I belong.
Never run with scissors or other pointy objects.
If you haven't heard a good rumour by 11:00am, start one.
Tread gently on anyone who looks at you sideways.