If I’m going to appear in front of people I like to look my best.
BILL NIGHYIn life, if you have an enthusiasm for what they call ‘good manners,’ sometimes people don’t quite believe you. I’ve had that once or twice before, where they assume you can’t be for real.
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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 know really, really famous people who are terrified every time they walk on to a stage.
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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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Somebody asked me recently, ‘Have you done a lot of plays?’ I thought hang on. .
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I’m one of those weird people who doesn’t even own a computer.
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Whatever you do, don’t smoke’. I have had to recover from that and been lucky that I have been able to stop.
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I’m not good at watching myself which I think is perfectly natural. I don’t give myself a hard time about it. I am the worst critic.
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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 got briefly mistaken for someone who might be good in bed, which was very, very good.
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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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Actors always talk about taking their work home and I always think: ‘What are you on? You just turn it off. You are at work and then you go home.’
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