One of the things that is assumed about actors is that they are extrovert, which is almost never the case, in my experience.
BILL NIGHYOne of the things that is assumed about actors is that they are extrovert, which is almost never the case, in my experience.
BILL NIGHYThe phenomenon of vampires has always appealed to me. Everyone kind of likes a vampire story because it almost could be true.
BILL NIGHYI admire David Hare as much as I admire certainly any writer ever. What I like about his writing is it is very conscientiously.
BILL NIGHYMy dad had a personal style which was very attractive. It was quite reserved and quite elegant, and it was infectious.
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.’
BILL NIGHYI’m one of those weird people who doesn’t even own a computer.
BILL NIGHYI have nothing against romanticism. I’m all for it. I’m helpless in the face of romance.
BILL NIGHYI am a fan of rehearsal. I like doing it [scene] over and over and over and over until it looks like you never did it before.
BILL NIGHYI’m always happy when actors get rich, because the odds on it are so long!
BILL NIGHYI’m a jacket man. And if I’m without one, I am kind of seriously disabled. I don’t know how to operate in shirt sleeves.
BILL NIGHYOpening a play is just tough. The idea that actors are weirdly protected from it is a myth.
BILL NIGHYOne 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, ‘
BILL NIGHYI did pick up a guitar once, but the strings hurt my fingers so I put it down again.
BILL NIGHYWhen you have a family, or even when you’re just seeing a girl, it’s difficult to be skint.
BILL NIGHYI have never owned a computer. I am one of those weirdos. I’ve never needed a computer. I’m lucky that I have a job where I’m not required to use one.
BILL NIGHYI have a perfectly average skewed perception of myself. We often don’t know what we’re like.
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