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
When I was 12, we went from Glasgow to Aberdeen on a school trip. It was called fresh air fortnight.
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.
Who discovered we could get milk from cows, and what did he THINK he was doing at the time?
I've always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives.
A well-balanced person has a drink in each hand.
Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. After that who cares?... He's a mile away and you've got his shoes!
The desire to be a politician should bar you for life from ever being one.
What is it with McDonald's staff who pretend they don't understand you unless you insert the 'Mc' before the item you're ordering? It has to be a McChicken burger...a chicken burger gets blank looks. Well, I'll have a McStraw and jam it into your McEyes, you f**cking McTosser!
There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter.
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'.
Why are there no windows in the toilets on aeroplanes? To protect you from the most dedicated perverts on the planet, hanging off the wing to get a peep?
There's no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes.
I think age is terribly overrated. You're okay as long as you don't grow up. By all means grow old, but don't mature. Remain childlike, retain wonder, the ability to be flabbergasted by something.
If I had a hammer, there'd be no more folksingers.