Billy Connolly reflected on his television successes, his diagnosis with Parkinson’s disease and how his regional accent played a big part in shaping his prolific career in Scotland at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Monday.
Speaking remotely from his Florida home in a session hosted by his wife, Pamela Stephenson Connolly, the Scottish comedian and actor was in good spirits despite admitting his medical condition was “getting worse.”
The fest was lauding Connolly with its Lifetime Achievement Award as the four-day event was underway and, in typical Connolly fashion he opened up the conversation by quipping, “I feel like I should be dead – these ‘lifetime’ things, I feel like they know something I don’t.”
In the intimate and rare conversation between husband and wife, Connolly was asked if filming in the television sector posed any new challenges for him right now and he responded: “Not really, but the...
Speaking remotely from his Florida home in a session hosted by his wife, Pamela Stephenson Connolly, the Scottish comedian and actor was in good spirits despite admitting his medical condition was “getting worse.”
The fest was lauding Connolly with its Lifetime Achievement Award as the four-day event was underway and, in typical Connolly fashion he opened up the conversation by quipping, “I feel like I should be dead – these ‘lifetime’ things, I feel like they know something I don’t.”
In the intimate and rare conversation between husband and wife, Connolly was asked if filming in the television sector posed any new challenges for him right now and he responded: “Not really, but the...
- 8/23/2021
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
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