Opening a play is just tough. The idea that actors are weirdly protected from it is a myth.
BILL NIGHYThe 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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One of the great regrets of my life is that I smoked. If I could say anything to anybody starting out in life it would be, ‘
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I do think 3D has seriously improved, since I was a boy. It’s fabulous.
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I’m always happy when actors get rich, because the odds on it are so long!
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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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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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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 admire David Hare as much as I admire certainly any writer ever. What I like about his writing is it is very conscientiously.
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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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There are only three men in the world who are licensed to wear shorts: Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp and Tom Cruise.
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I don’t think there’s an improvised word in the movie. I hope not because I admire writing. Improvising is kind of gambling. It’s just that you’re standing up.
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I would like to change everything, but obviously not everything. I’ve been incredibly fortunate. I guess everybody would do this, but I’d go back to my younger self and say, “Lighten up. Take it easy. Relax. Don’t be so anxious about everything.
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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 hardly even leave my own house.
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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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I like being in kids’ movies, and I like being in family movies.
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