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.
BILL NIGHYThe way the elderly are treated, and in some cases warehoused and medicated, rather than nurtured and listened to, is distressing.
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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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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You can ruin your life wanting to be an actor.
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With stage, you feel completely like you’re just in a bubble. I love not being able to see anything. I love coming out and I can’t see anything because the lights are so bright and it’s pitch black. That’s ideal for me, that’s when I have the best time.
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I used to joke that one of the reasons there was a lack of classical work on my CV was because I couldn’t operate in those kinds of trousers. Which is a joke, but it’s actually also true – if I want to appear in public I want to look my best.
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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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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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Whatever you do, don’t smoke’. I have had to recover from that and been lucky that I have been able to stop.
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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 one of those weird people who doesn’t even own a computer.
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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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Emma Watson is adorable in the extreme. She is such a lovely person.
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If I ruled the world, every woman would have a Chanel suit in her wardrobe.
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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 find it hard to relax around any man who’s got the second button on his shirt undone.
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