Prince, who is a genius of the highest order, can come back up while singing and playing the guitar.
BILL NIGHYYou can ruin your life wanting to be an actor.
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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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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Emma Watson is adorable in the extreme. She is such a lovely person.
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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 love imaginative representations of a possible near-future, where you look at the technology and you think, “Well, yeah, that could really nearly be true.” I like those kinds of backgrounds.
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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 one of those weird people who doesn’t even own a computer.
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I think in the old days, everybody used to act really quickly because Hollywood was built by theatre people.
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Opening a play is just tough. The idea that actors are weirdly protected from it is a myth.
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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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When a movie is called ‘searingly honest,’ it’s almost invariably grim and demonstrates how bad things can get.
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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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When I do a play, it’s like agreeing to be ill for a couple of months.
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I’m probably the only person who actually remembers pirate radio.
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The way the elderly are treated, and in some cases warehoused and medicated, rather than nurtured and listened to, is distressing.
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I hardly even leave my own house.
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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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I’m crazy about James Brown. I’m crazy about soul music. And then the blues. Rhythm and blues.
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If I ruled the world, every woman would have a Chanel suit in her wardrobe.
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If you ask any actor “What single thing would make you really, really happy?” Among the top five things they’d say is not having to audition anymore.
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You have all these plans to act, and maybe do it rather elegantly, and then they turn the rain machine on.
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I learned far too late in life that a long list of letters after someone’s name is no guarantee of compassion, kindness, humour, all the far more relevant stuff.
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I guess part of the hit-man appeal is the solitude. Everybody is lured to the idea of the solitary life.
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I don’t do plays without jokes anymore. I’ve retired from those plays. I think it’s bad manners to invite people to sit in the dark for two and a half hours and not tell them the joke.
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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’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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I know really, really famous people who are terrified every time they walk on to a stage.
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