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
BILL NIGHYThey’re at their most enchanting ’cause they just want to put it off, so they do a cabaret for you. You sit there thinking, “Please don’t let this end.”
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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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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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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.
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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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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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When I do a play, it’s like agreeing to be ill for a couple of months.
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I like being in kids’ movies, and I like being in family movies.
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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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I’m crazy about James Brown. I’m crazy about soul music. And then the blues. Rhythm and blues.
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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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When you have a family, or even when you’re just seeing a girl, it’s difficult to be skint.
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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.
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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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A way of describing performances that I admire is that there is an absence of careerism. It’s a clumsy way of describing it but it sort of does it for me.
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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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