--- title: "9 Billy Connolly Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Billy Connolly quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Billy Connolly sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0d/aisling-bea-9539_life_i-went-to-see-billy-connolly-do-two-hour_1197571.jpg" --- > [I went to see Billy Connolly do two hours with no break at the Apollo, with Parkinson's disease, during the winter, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aisling-bea/i-went-to-see-billy-connolly-do-two-hours-with-no-break-at-the-apollo/) [Aisling Bea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aisling-bea/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0d/aisling-bea-9539_life_i-went-to-see-billy-connolly-do-two-hour_1197571.jpg) > [Billy Connolly is probably the greatest stand-up this country has ever produced and he swears all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-lock/billy-connolly-is-probably-the-greatest-stand-up-this-country-has/) [Sean Lock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-lock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f1/sean-lock-8248_billy_billy-connolly-is-probably-the-greatest_1764760.jpg) > [The three people I've always wanted to meet are Stephen Fry, Billy Connolly and Steven Gerrard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-buchan/the-three-people-i-ve-always-wanted-to-meet-are-stephen-fry-billy/) [Andrew Buchan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-buchan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d6/andrew-buchan-30160_always_the-three-people-i-ve-always-wanted-to-m_2608701.jpg) > [Watching Billy Connolly at the Hammersmith Apollo in the late 90s was a masterclass of long-form comedy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-herring/watching-billy-connolly-at-the-hammersmith-apollo-in-the-late-90s-was/) [Richard Herring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-herring/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b71/richard-herring-5479_apollo_watching-billy-connolly-at-the-hammersmi_639749.jpg) > [“My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger" -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-marie-gallagher/my-definition-of-an-intellectual-is-someone-who-can-listen-to-the-2/) [Sherry Marie Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-marie-gallagher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c8/sherry-marie-gallagher-95399_1960s_my-definition-of-an-intellectual-is-some_3044044.jpg) > [“Everybody's born to do a certain thing and if you're dead jimmy you've found it. And if you're good at something, just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-scott/everybody-s-born-to-do-a-certain-thing-and-if-you-re-dead-jimmy-you/) [Mike Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-scott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1a/mike-scott-78076_jimmy_everybody-s-born-to-do-a-certain-thing-a_2454705.jpg) > [I'm sure when alternative comedy started, before which - Billy Connolly aside - standup was essentially a person being racist and sexist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nish-kumar/i-m-sure-when-alternative-comedy-started-before-which-billy-connolly/) [Nish Kumar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nish-kumar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b6/nish-kumar-11365_comedy_i-m-sure-when-alternative-comedy-started_2567203.jpg) > [When I hit the scene, there was Billy Connolly and Max Boyce. It was all mother-in-law and Irish jokes, and we broke…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasper-carrott/when-i-hit-the-scene-there-was-billy-connolly-and-max-boyce-it-was/) [Jasper Carrott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasper-carrott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/729/jasper-carrott-25474_above_when-i-hit-the-scene-there-was-billy-con_432984.png) > [In terms of the stars, the only ones I cast were Billy Connolly and Pauline Collins. I was in Los Angeles working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/in-terms-of-the-stars-the-only-ones-i-cast-were-billy-connolly-and/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/dustin-hoffman-4662_actors_in-terms-of-the-stars-the-only-ones-i-ca_1411943.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/billy-connolly/#itemlist", "name": "Billy Connolly Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I went to see Billy Connolly do two hours with no break at the Apollo, with Parkinson's disease, during the winter, and it was one of the most important gigs I have seen in my life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Aisling Bea" }, "url": 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I'd met Maggie [Smith] once and I'd come back-stage, which I'm usually loathe to do because as an actor you don't want people coming back because you want to get home [laughs].", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dustin Hoffman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/in-terms-of-the-stars-the-only-ones-i-cast-were-billy-connolly-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/dustin-hoffman-4662_actors_in-terms-of-the-stars-the-only-ones-i-ca_1411943.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/dustin-hoffman-4662_actors_in-terms-of-the-stars-the-only-ones-i-ca_1411943.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/dustin-hoffman-4662_actors_in-terms-of-the-stars-the-only-ones-i-ca_1411943.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In terms of the stars, the only ones I cast were Billy Connolly and Pauline Collins. 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