Opening a play is just tough. The idea that actors are weirdly protected from it is a myth.
BILL NIGHYI’m probably the only person who actually remembers pirate radio.
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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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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Prince, who is a genius of the highest order, can come back up while singing and playing the guitar.
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I wanted to be a journalist, I thought it was glamorous and that I’d meet beautiful women in the rain.
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If you ask any actor “What single thing would make you really, really happy?” Among the top five things they’d say is not having to audition anymore.
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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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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 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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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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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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When I do a play, it’s like agreeing to be ill for a couple of months.
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I hardly even leave my own house.
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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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I don’t even own a car.
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They’re at their most enchanting ’cause they just want to put it off, so they do a cabaret for you. You sit there thinking, “Please don’t let this end.”
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The phenomenon of vampires has always appealed to me. Everyone kind of likes a vampire story because it almost could be true.
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