When you have a family, or even when you’re just seeing a girl, it’s difficult to be skint.
BILL NIGHYSomebody asked me recently, ‘Have you done a lot of plays?’ I thought hang on. .
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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I’m not famous for my back story investigations; I’m lucky that I work with good writers and it’s usually in the script.
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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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Somebody asked me recently, ‘Have you done a lot of plays?’ I thought hang on. .
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I love playing half squid/half crab guy because you can get away with a level of acting that if you tried it anywhere else they’d arrest you for crimes against acting.
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I don’t want to associate myself with any specific group of politicians.
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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 wanted to be a journalist, I thought it was glamorous and that I’d meet beautiful women in the rain.
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Opening a play is just tough. The idea that actors are weirdly protected from it is a myth.
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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 guess part of the hit-man appeal is the solitude. Everybody is lured to the idea of the solitary life.
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All actors who have been around for a long time, which I have, and have been skint for long periods, which I have, find it difficult to turn down jobs. If I turn anything down my stomach turns over. I feel sick. It feels like gambling.
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Jerry Bruckheimer says that he makes films that he would want to see, and it seems that that coincides with what a lot of people want to see.
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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 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
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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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