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.
BILL NIGHYI’m one of those weird people who doesn’t even own a computer.
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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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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In one way, an attempt to reproduce the way people actually speak, but it’s not just an attempt at naturalism. It’s stylised and it’s heightened, to great effect. It’s elegant and it’s funny and that’s the way to my heart, frankly.
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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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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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Standing in front of a fake mountain with fake snow falling and seven girls dressed as Santarettes will stay in my memory.
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I like being in kids’ movies, and I like being in family movies.
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To be serious, the things you really want to relive are things like bedtime with your daughter when she becomes incredibly entertaining ’cause she doesn’t want to go to sleep.
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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.
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I am a fan of rehearsal. I like doing it [scene] over and over and over and over until it looks like you never did it before.
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I don’t want to associate myself with any specific group of politicians.
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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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It’s more than usually possible that I won’t do a play again. But Skylight is one of the great plays in the English language.
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I got briefly mistaken for someone who might be good in bed, which was very, very good.
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I’m always happy when actors get rich, because the odds on it are so long!
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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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