I’m probably the only person who actually remembers pirate radio.
BILL NIGHYI have nothing against romanticism. I’m all for it. I’m helpless in the face of romance.
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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I never go on the net or the web, or whatever it’s called.
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Hunger is almost like something the West does. It’s almost like the direct result of the way the West performs.
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Jerry Bruckheimer says that he makes films that he would want to see, and it seems that that coincides with what a lot of people want to see.
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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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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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Often in America people would assume that [as an English actor] you’ve had some sort of deep, classical training, or that you’re a Shakespeare enthusiast. I have zero interest in me performing Shakespeare.
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I have never owned a computer. I am one of those weirdos. I’ve never needed a computer. I’m lucky that I have a job where I’m not required to use one.
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I have a perfectly average skewed perception of myself. We often don’t know what we’re like.
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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 got briefly mistaken for someone who might be good in bed, which was very, very good.
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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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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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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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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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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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