If I ruled the world, every woman would have a Chanel suit in her wardrobe.
BILL NIGHYIn one way, an attempt to reproduce the way people actually speak, but it’s not just an attempt at naturalism. It’s stylised and it’s heightened, to great effect. It’s elegant and it’s funny and that’s the way to my heart, frankly.
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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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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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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 things that is assumed about actors is that they are extrovert, which is almost never the case, in my experience.
BILL NIGHYOne of the things that is assumed about actors is that they are extrovert, which is almost never the case, in my experience.
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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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Anyone who can do the splits and come back up on the backbeat, as James Brown and Prince can, has my eternal respect.
BILL NIGHYAnyone who can do the splits and come back up on the backbeat, as James Brown and Prince can, has my eternal respect.
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Somebody asked me recently, ‘Have you done a lot of plays?’ I thought hang on. .
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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.
BILL NIGHYHunger 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 did pick up a guitar once, but the strings hurt my fingers so I put it down again.
BILL NIGHYI did pick up a guitar once, but the strings hurt my fingers so I put it down again.
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I don’t spend a lot of time with anybody.
BILL NIGHYI don’t spend a lot of time with anybody.
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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.’
BILL NIGHYActors 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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Standing in front of a fake mountain with fake snow falling and seven girls dressed as Santarettes will stay in my memory.
BILL NIGHYStanding in front of a fake mountain with fake snow falling and seven girls dressed as Santarettes will stay in my memory.
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I learned far too late in life that a long list of letters after someone’s name is no guarantee of compassion, kindness, humour, all the far more relevant stuff.
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