If you ever see me in a social setting wearing any sort of sportswear, then you know I’m in crisis.
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.
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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If I’m going to appear in front of people I like to look my best.
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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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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 am a fan of rehearsal. I like doing it [scene] over and over and over and over until it looks like you never did it before.
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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 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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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 want to associate myself with any specific group of politicians.
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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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I don’t even own a car.
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I find it hard to relax around any man who’s got the second button on his shirt undone.
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Actors always talk about taking their work home and I always think: ‘What are you on? You just turn it off. You are at work and then you go home.’
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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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