I’m always happy when actors get rich, because the odds on it are so long!
BILL NIGHYAnti-Semitism and Fascism have a long, mysterious, bewildering, poisonous and vile history and it’s not exclusive to the Germans.
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In life, if you have an enthusiasm for what they call ‘good manners,’ sometimes people don’t quite believe you. I’ve had that once or twice before, where they assume you can’t be for real.
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Anti-Semitism and Fascism have a long, mysterious, bewildering, poisonous and vile history and it’s not exclusive to the Germans.
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I’m probably the only person who actually remembers pirate radio.
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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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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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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.’
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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 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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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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I have nothing against romanticism. I’m all for it. I’m helpless in the face of romance.
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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’m crazy about James Brown. I’m crazy about soul music. And then the blues. Rhythm and blues.
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More people saw me in ‘Love Actually’ than had seen me in everything else I had ever done up to that point.
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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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As you get older you feel you need to pay more attention to what is around you and relish it. I’m greedy for beauty.
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