"So I have learned from him about life. Let’s just accept it for what it is. It’s a good laugh. So you have trouble getting out of bed... so you have trouble getting into bed... so you have trouble putting your socks on... you have trouble brushing your teeth... just deal with it... that’s who you are now. You are a drooling limping has-been who draws. Get on with it. Enjoy it. You pass this way but once."
"These are the thoughts that have made me the man I am today. Acting your age is about as sensible as acting your street number. You can volunteer to take life seriously but it is going to get you anyway. It is going to win against you in the end. It’s harsh. And you can either break down and complain about how miserable your life is or you can have a go at it and survive. I think that is the basis of it all. And laugh. Always look to laugh. Nothing else will keep you going like laughter."
Billy Connolly from Life, Death and Laughter (2019): an interview with BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz
