In 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.
BILL NIGHYThe phenomenon of vampires has always appealed to me. Everyone kind of likes a vampire story because it almost could be true.
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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The job is the same – to attempt to make it sound like you’ve never said it before and as if it’s just occurred to you. And that’s the same whether you’re on camera or whether you’re on stage in a room full of people.
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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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In the street, people talk to you about all kinds of things, but by far, the most number of people talk to me about Love, Actually.
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I really have no interest in delivering the iambic pentameter, I just want to kill myself. I don’t mind other people doing it. I say that, but really I don’t want to watch other people doing it. I get embarrassed.
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I never go on the net or the web, or whatever it’s called.
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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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As you get older you feel you need to pay more attention to what is around you and relish it. I’m greedy for beauty.
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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 don’t want to associate myself with any specific group of politicians.
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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 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 like being in kids’ movies, and I like being in family movies.
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I’m probably the only person who actually remembers pirate radio.
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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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One of my great regrets, and I don’t have many, is that I spent too long putting people’s status and reputation ahead of their more important qualities.
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