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 NIGHYI’m a jacket man. And if I’m without one, I am kind of seriously disabled. I don’t know how to operate in shirt sleeves.
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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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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I never go on the net or the web, or whatever it’s called.
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Emma Watson is adorable in the extreme. She is such a lovely person.
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I do think 3D has seriously improved, since I was a boy. It’s fabulous.
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One of the great regrets of my life is that I smoked. If I could say anything to anybody starting out in life it would be, ‘
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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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I have nothing against romanticism. I’m all for it. I’m helpless in the face of romance.
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Anyone who can do the splits and come back up on the backbeat, as James Brown and Prince can, has my eternal respect.
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You tell yourself that you’re not auditioning but of course you work like crazy, and you prepare like mad. And you think, “Well, I won’t get that job. But maybe they’ll have another job sometime, and they’ll remember that I was good.”
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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’m probably the only person who actually remembers pirate radio.
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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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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 generally do things I’m proud to be in and generally I’m in things people like.
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I hardly even leave my own house.
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