I’m not good at watching myself which I think is perfectly natural. I don’t give myself a hard time about it. I am the worst critic.
BILL NIGHYA way of describing performances that I admire is that there is an absence of careerism. It’s a clumsy way of describing it but it sort of does it for me.
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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If you ever see me in a social setting wearing any sort of sportswear, then you know I’m in crisis.
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Anti-Semitism and Fascism have a long, mysterious, bewildering, poisonous and vile history and it’s not exclusive to the Germans.
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Actors always talk about taking their work home and I always think: ‘What are you on? You just turn it off. You are at work and then you go home.’
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I never go on the net or the web, or whatever it’s called.
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I generally do things I’m proud to be in and generally I’m in things people like.
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If I’m going to appear in front of people I like to look my best.
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All actors who have been around for a long time, which I have, and have been skint for long periods, which I have, find it difficult to turn down jobs. If I turn anything down my stomach turns over. I feel sick. It feels like gambling.
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In life, if you have an enthusiasm for what they call ‘good manners,’ sometimes people don’t quite believe you. I’ve had that once or twice before, where they assume you can’t be for real.
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I don’t want to associate myself with any specific group of politicians.
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I guess part of the hit-man appeal is the solitude. Everybody is lured to the idea of the solitary life.
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I like being in kids’ movies, and I like being in family movies.
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If I’m onstage I like to do contemporary work, largely because of the trousers, because of the clothes. I like a decent, what we used to call a lounge suit. Then I can start to motor.
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I’m not famous for my back story investigations; I’m lucky that I work with good writers and it’s usually in the script.
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I’m not an actor who consciously accesses bits of my life, in order to play parts. Obviously, you don’t need to have been a father to play one, otherwise everyone who’s been a father would be able to act.
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There are only three men in the world who are licensed to wear shorts: Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp and Tom Cruise.
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