Extended interview: Billy Connolly challenged to fight by 'nutters' on social media

what kinds of things I mean just tell us about the art what what do you like drawing what do you I like drawing whatever comes into my head I start at the bottom of the page and work my way up and often don't know what it's going to be I like to start with feet and then go up to the knees I don't know if it's going to be a man or a woman yet first I'm gonna up the thighs I have to make my mind up quick and then it becomes whatever it's going to be and in terms of all the other stuff you've done I mean how does registers are sits do you enjoy it more than you enjoyed stand-up or I don't put them against one another they're all good they're all the old have their own high sports and but the art was very good because you can do it at home you don't need to go anywhere I catch planes and taxi isn't all that it's just you go up air then shuffle over to your desk and this I'm finished with stand-up it was lovely and it was lovely being good at it there was the first thing I was ever good at and I'm delighted and grateful to it and this is nice because people think I'm good at this and it's lovely to wallow in it so we won't see you back on stage will we know what no it's my big the Parkinson that's made my brain work differently and you need a good blend for a comedy you need to everything you see should have favor six alternatives behind it decision you'd see something and attack it from behind and let that story make itself up and it said it's a madly exciting thing to do this story is taking place and you don't know where it's going and it's a delay it's a privilege to be part of it how are you I mean you seem very well I am good drugs I take six pills a day and I have to be careful when I take them and this is dangerous in London because I only arrived the day before yesterday so a jet like so it wasn't really the time when I got what was 8 o'clock on my watch but it wasn't either o'clock really because of jet lag so I was a bit sugary yesterday I'm okay today despite the fact that you've been very public about having Parkinson's you don't seem to be slowing down I don't think it's a good idea to slow down I have ideas and gross opinions on it I'm always been asked to go to Parkinson's things and spend time with Parkinson's people having lunch or something like that and I don't approve of it that sounds terribly from pshh I don't approve but I don't think you should let Parkinson's define you and all your pals be Parkinson's people I've gone and seen people who are more advanced than you you see what Jesus am I going to be like that I don't think it's particularly good for you so I don't do it I just do my life and if my hands too shaky I don't draw you know I'll draw later when it stops shaking now it comes with the pills as well if you have to take them at the wrong time you can just shoot my left hand shakes but it's good today have you been surprised how much you can achieve and how your life can kind of continue despite that I'm surprised and delighted but the ideas I had were right then you can do anything you'll please and I hope little schoolboys and school leavers are watching me doing these things and see if you can do what you like you can write please you can write songs you can be funny on stage you can play banjo you do drawings it's none of it was nobody came along with a magic wand and said get allowed to do that now you just have to do it and stretch yourself and because you get good at one thing people will listen to you more people should listen to comedians and fewer people should listen to politicians should listen to comedians and poets they're telling the truth so any politicians in particular that you think that we should be ignoring at the moment Boris anybody who listens to Boris needs professional help because because he's a big silly tough and it's Britain's been listening to big silly talks for years this time they listen to themselves and go on with it because I create the British they're a great nation and it's and they belong together they like each other we speak to Parkinson's that the charity Parkinson's and they said that and you give people inspiration in terms of what you have achieved and how open you are because one of the things about Parkinson's is that people have got lots of misconceptions and they said that you know you really help other people who have it yes I think people get upset I get upset because you certain things go wrong where your brain goes adrift and affects your body and so you walk differently you won't like a drunk man sometimes and you're frightened you'll be judged on it and and you shake sometimes and you know sometimes you can't get your money into your wallet you change and the waiter has to take it from you and put it in and I was having the plane yesterday day before and I went to go to the bathroom and I couldn't get my seat so I had to get the steward bears to help me you have to go over that and see excuse me I'm having trouble good knowing my secret to help me and they always say certainly and help you and it's it takes a bit of getting used to you used to be in this guy who's in charge of himself and and suddenly you're not and it's good for you to reach out to the people around you for help that's a fairly good thing and people like doing it and we've recently heard that Ozzy Osbourne has been diagnosed see I thought he had two ages ago I saw him drawing and he said love to see his drawings because almost that seething she did from his house he was always drawing and I spoke to him about it and I said no it's rubbish but it isn't rubbish and I wanted to see more of David Bowie's drawings and Ozzy is one of the world's great people have you spoken to them I haven't spoke to him about the Parkinson's but that's another thing I don't do there's come in as mr. Parkinson's they know all about Parkinson's I don't know all I hardly know anything you were talking earlier about and your wife tweeting things in social media because we all saw the pictures of you when he'd been through the carwash with your shopping I know put it in the back of the truck and she was I didn't know she was going to the carwash she thought it was in the backseat and I go got washed it washed my salad and suddenly the world knows but you're not on social media why because I do like the people who are on social media they want if they were me I was on Twitter but I made such a bunch of horrible people that I used to put in questions like how much is that doggy in the window and who wrote the book of love and the phone did shallow and boring and they were not slow to tell me then a couple of them were challenged me to fight and I thought what am i doing mixing with these matters so I come off it I don't need any more friends and social media you can keep it that they seem to be an unhappy bunch of people

Channel: Sky News

Views: 79,445

Keywords: COMEDY, BILLY, ENTERTAINMENT, ARTS, ART, TV, FILM, NEWS, SKY NEWS, connolly, parkinsons, big yin, scotland, comedy, comedian, lucy cotter, boris johnson

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Length: 8min 51sec (531 seconds)

Published: Tue Mar 10 2020