I guess part of the hit-man appeal is the solitude. Everybody is lured to the idea of the solitary life.
BILL NIGHYI 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.
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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Standing in front of a fake mountain with fake snow falling and seven girls dressed as Santarettes will stay in my memory.
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In one way, an attempt to reproduce the way people actually speak, but it’s not just an attempt at naturalism. It’s stylised and it’s heightened, to great effect. It’s elegant and it’s funny and that’s the way to my heart, frankly.
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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 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 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 don’t even own a car.
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If I’m going to appear in front of people I like to look my best.
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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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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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Prince, who is a genius of the highest order, can come back up while singing and playing the guitar.
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I really have no interest in delivering the iambic pentameter, I just want to kill myself. I don’t mind other people doing it. I say that, but really I don’t want to watch other people doing it. I get embarrassed.
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I find it hard to relax around any man who’s got the second button on his shirt undone.
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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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I 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.
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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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