You have all these plans to act, and maybe do it rather elegantly, and then they turn the rain machine on.
BILL NIGHYIf you ever see me in a social setting wearing any sort of sportswear, then you know I’m in crisis.
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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I learned far too late in life that a long list of letters after someone’s name is no guarantee of compassion, kindness, humour, all the far more relevant stuff.
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I don’t dislike the process of animation… I find it daunting, but only as much as I find everything daunting.
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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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Prince, who is a genius of the highest order, can come back up while singing and playing the guitar.
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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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All actors who have been around for a long time, which I have, and have been skint for long periods, which I have, find it difficult to turn down jobs. If I turn anything down my stomach turns over. I feel sick. It feels like gambling.
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You can ruin your life wanting to be an actor.
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I quoted David Hare one of his lines the other day to illuminate whatever point we were trying to make in the conversation, and I said ‘What play was that?’ and he said ‘It was your line, you said it about a hundred and fifty times in The Vertical Hour.’
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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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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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I love imaginative representations of a possible near-future, where you look at the technology and you think, “Well, yeah, that could really nearly be true.” I like those kinds of backgrounds.
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Try to be in the day. Try to not have today stolen from you by anxiety about yesterday or tomorrow.”
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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 know really, really famous people who are terrified every time they walk on to a stage.
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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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