For me, it’s about the desire to win. My audience becomes a crowd of wild animals and I have to be the lion-tamer or be eaten.
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As soon as I got successful, the Scottish press started picking on me. It's something they reserve just for me.
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Birth: | 24th November, 1942 |
Nationality: | Scottish |
Profession: | Actor, Comedian, Musician |
Billy Connolly is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor. In the early 1970s, he made the transition from folk-singer with a comedic persona to fully-fledged comedian. Connolly is also an actor and has appeared in such films as Water; Indecent Proposal; Muppet Treasure Island; Mrs. Brown; The Boondock Saints; The Man Who Sued God; The Last Samurai; Timeline; Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events; Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties; Open Season; The X-Files: I Want to Believe; and Open Season 2. Connolly reprised his role as Noah "Il Duce" MacManus in The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day.
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