You tell yourself that you’re not auditioning but of course you work like crazy, and you prepare like mad. And you think, “Well, I won’t get that job. But maybe they’ll have another job sometime, and they’ll remember that I was good.”
BILL NIGHYI wanted to be a journalist, I thought it was glamorous and that I’d meet beautiful women in the rain.
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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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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If I’m going to appear in front of people I like to look my best.
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In the street, people talk to you about all kinds of things, but by far, the most number of people talk to me about Love, Actually.
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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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I’m always happy when actors get rich, because the odds on it are so long!
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I did pick up a guitar once, but the strings hurt my fingers so I put it down again.
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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’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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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 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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Emma Watson is adorable in the extreme. She is such a lovely person.
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I’m just aware of what I’m thinking and feeling but I do obviously have to get that to the back of the auditorium.
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I never go on the net or the web, or whatever it’s called.
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I like being in kids’ movies, and I like being in family movies.
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I’m not a financial expert. The Robin Hood tax seems to me a very simple and beautiful idea. I don’t see the problem.
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