I wanted to be a journalist, I thought it was glamorous and that I’d meet beautiful women in the rain.
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.’
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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Emma Watson is adorable in the extreme. She is such a lovely person.
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I’m probably the only person who actually remembers pirate radio.
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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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I’m always happy when actors get rich, because the odds on it are so long!
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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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You have all these plans to act, and maybe do it rather elegantly, and then they turn the rain machine on.
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I don’t even own a car.
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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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There are only three men in the world who are licensed to wear shorts: Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp and Tom Cruise.
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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.
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I would like to change everything, but obviously not everything. I’ve been incredibly fortunate. I guess everybody would do this, but I’d go back to my younger self and say, “Lighten up. Take it easy. Relax. Don’t be so anxious about everything.
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My dad had a personal style which was very attractive. It was quite reserved and quite elegant, and it was infectious.
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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 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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