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.
BILL NIGHYI don’t even own a car.
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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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.
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You can ruin your life wanting to be an actor.
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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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Emma Watson is adorable in the extreme. She is such a lovely person.
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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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I’ve always slightly worried the kids who play football around my house. They know I’m an actor, but felt sorry for me because they’d never seen anything I’ve done.
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I’m one of those weird people who doesn’t even own a computer.
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I’m probably the only person who actually remembers pirate radio.
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I like being in kids’ movies, and I like being in family movies.
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One of my great regrets, and I don’t have many, is that I spent too long putting people’s status and reputation ahead of their more important qualities.
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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 have nothing against romanticism. I’m all for it. I’m helpless in the face of romance.
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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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The way the elderly are treated, and in some cases warehoused and medicated, rather than nurtured and listened to, is distressing.
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A way of describing performances that I admire is that there is an absence of careerism. It’s a clumsy way of describing it but it sort of does it for me.
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