You have all these plans to act, and maybe do it rather elegantly, and then they turn the rain machine on.
BILL NIGHYOpening a play is just tough. The idea that actors are weirdly protected from it is a myth.
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Emma Watson is adorable in the extreme. She is such a lovely person.
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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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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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You can ruin your life wanting to be an actor.
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I’ve always slightly worried the kids who play football around my house. They know I’m an actor, but felt sorry for me because they’d never seen anything I’ve done.
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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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I don’t dislike the process of animation… I find it daunting, but only as much as I find everything daunting.
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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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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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Standing in front of a fake mountain with fake snow falling and seven girls dressed as Santarettes will stay in my memory.
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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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You get older and you see yourself and say, ‘God, he’s old, who’s that?’
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If I’m onstage I like to do contemporary work, largely because of the trousers, because of the clothes. I like a decent, what we used to call a lounge suit. Then I can start to motor.
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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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More people saw me in ‘Love Actually’ than had seen me in everything else I had ever done up to that point.
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