Humor & Life Quote by Billy Connolly

Connolly’s genius here is the way he makes modesty sound like swagger, then undercuts it with a shrug. “Wild dogs chasing people with scripts away from my door” is cartoon violence deployed as class commentary: the image belongs to a world where celebrity is so excessive it needs animal control. By choosing something so absurd, he signals he’s in on the joke about fame’s mythology, and he’s not interested in performing the needy, grateful actor routine either.

The line “I get my share. I’ve done okay” is classic Connolly calibration - neither false humility nor chest-thumping. It’s a working performer’s realism, spoken in the rhythm of someone who’s watched the industry’s tides long enough to know they’re not moral. Success isn’t framed as destiny or merit; it’s “my share,” like rations handed out by a system that can be generous one year and indifferent the next.

Then comes the pivot with a quiet sting: “I usually do independent stuff because that’s mostly what I’m offered.” That’s the subtext doing the heavy lifting. Indie becomes less a brand of artistic purity and more a description of market position. Connolly’s puncturing a favorite cultural narrative - that everyone in smaller films is there by enlightened choice. Sometimes “choice” is just the most dignified way to describe a constrained set of options. He makes that truth palatable by wrapping it in a joke, the same way stand-ups smuggle bleak observations past our defenses.