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I've been very lucky because I've always had movies to do. So if I got bored between shows a movie would turn up.

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Billy Connolly
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: November 24
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Stand-Up Comedian
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Glasgow
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I think of my life as a series of moments and I've found that the great moments often don't have too much to them. They're not huge, complicated events they're just magical wee moments when somebody says 'I love you' or 'You're a really good at what you do' or simply 'You're a good person'.
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