I don’t think there’s an improvised word in the movie. I hope not because I admire writing. Improvising is kind of gambling. It’s just that you’re standing up.
BILL NIGHYStanding in front of a fake mountain with fake snow falling and seven girls dressed as Santarettes will stay in my memory.
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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I have nothing against romanticism. I’m all for it. I’m helpless in the face of romance.
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I used to do nothing but plays. I’ve been very fortunate that on several occasions I’ve had jobs where I didn’t want to be anywhere else in the world whatever you had to offer – however much money you’ve got
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Try to be in the day. Try to not have today stolen from you by anxiety about yesterday or tomorrow.”
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I admire David Hare as much as I admire certainly any writer ever. What I like about his writing is it is very conscientiously.
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I’m not a financial expert. The Robin Hood tax seems to me a very simple and beautiful idea. I don’t see the problem.
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I do think 3D has seriously improved, since I was a boy. It’s fabulous.
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I’m crazy about James Brown. I’m crazy about soul music. And then the blues. Rhythm and blues.
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Opening a play is just tough. The idea that actors are weirdly protected from it is a myth.
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I love playing half squid/half crab guy because you can get away with a level of acting that if you tried it anywhere else they’d arrest you for crimes against acting.
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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 wanted to be a journalist, I thought it was glamorous and that I’d meet beautiful women in the rain.
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I did pick up a guitar once, but the strings hurt my fingers so I put it down again.
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The phenomenon of vampires has always appealed to me. Everyone kind of likes a vampire story because it almost could be true.
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If I’m going to appear in front of people I like to look my best.
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I used to joke that one of the reasons there was a lack of classical work on my CV was because I couldn’t operate in those kinds of trousers. Which is a joke, but it’s actually also true – if I want to appear in public I want to look my best.
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