I have no memory, any at all, of actually performing the play, no recall in terms of the lines. I can’t tell you any line from any play I’ve ever done.
BILL NIGHYSomebody asked me recently, ‘Have you done a lot of plays?’ I thought hang on. .
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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I don’t even own a car.
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I never go on the net or the web, or whatever it’s called.
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The job is the same – to attempt to make it sound like you’ve never said it before and as if it’s just occurred to you. And that’s the same whether you’re on camera or whether you’re on stage in a room full of people.
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My dad had a personal style which was very attractive. It was quite reserved and quite elegant, and it was infectious.
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I find it hard to relax around any man who’s got the second button on his shirt undone.
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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 did pick up a guitar once, but the strings hurt my fingers so I put it down again.
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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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I really have no interest in delivering the iambic pentameter, I just want to kill myself. I don’t mind other people doing it. I say that, but really I don’t want to watch other people doing it. I get embarrassed.
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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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I like being in kids’ movies, and I like being in family movies.
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I’ve always slightly worried the kids who play football around my house. They know I’m an actor, but felt sorry for me because they’d never seen anything I’ve done.
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I don’t spend a lot of time with anybody.
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One of the things that is assumed about actors is that they are extrovert, which is almost never the case, in my experience.
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I’m just aware of what I’m thinking and feeling but I do obviously have to get that to the back of the auditorium.
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