Apollo Quote by Richard Herring

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…

— Aisling Bea

I'm sure when alternative comedy started, before which - Billy Connolly aside - standup was essentially a person being racist and sexist onstage, there…

— Nish Kumar

When I hit the scene, there was Billy Connolly and Max Boyce. It was all mother-in-law and Irish jokes, and we broke the mould.…

— Jasper Carrott

Billy Connolly is probably the greatest stand-up this country has ever produced and he swears all the time.

— Sean Lock

I'm just an enormous British comedy fan.

— Paul Feig

I had always wanted to do comedy, but didn't know where to start - all I knew was that Edinburgh was where it happened.

— Lolly Adefope

Dylan Moran, my favourite comedian, was walking down the street in Edinburgh. I nearly got run over as I sprinted up to him to…

— Lady Amelia Windsor

“There are things I've given up on Like recording funny answering machine messages. It's part of growing older And the human race as a…

— David Berman

After I finished university, I was gigging as a comedian in London as well as temping for Morgan Stanley during the day.

— Nick Mohammed

I was an usher at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith. You had to watch whatever play they had on 40 times.

— Robert Webb

What I love about comedy is breaking down the barrier between the audience and the performer.

— Scott Aukerman

“You love SITUATION COMEDIES, whilst holding particular affection for MUSTACHIOED FUNNYMEN. You know, your FOXWORTHIES, your FUNKES, your SWANSONS, but not necessarily your GALLAGHERS…

— Andrew Hussie