If you ever see me in a social setting wearing any sort of sportswear, then you know I’m in crisis.
BILL NIGHYIf you ever see me in a social setting wearing any sort of sportswear, then you know I’m in crisis.
BILL NIGHYI generally do things I’m proud to be in and generally I’m in things people like.
BILL NIGHYI have nothing against romanticism. I’m all for it. I’m helpless in the face of romance.
BILL NIGHYThey’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.”
BILL NIGHYJerry Bruckheimer says that he makes films that he would want to see, and it seems that that coincides with what a lot of people want to see.
BILL NIGHYI did pick up a guitar once, but the strings hurt my fingers so I put it down again.
BILL NIGHYSomebody asked me recently, ‘Have you done a lot of plays?’ I thought hang on. .
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 NIGHYYou can ruin your life wanting to be an actor.
BILL NIGHYAnti-Semitism and Fascism have a long, mysterious, bewildering, poisonous and vile history and it’s not exclusive to the Germans.
BILL NIGHYThe way the elderly are treated, and in some cases warehoused and medicated, rather than nurtured and listened to, is distressing.
BILL NIGHYI 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.
BILL NIGHYI’m not good at watching myself which I think is perfectly natural. I don’t give myself a hard time about it. I am the worst critic.
BILL NIGHYOften in America people would assume that [as an English actor] you’ve had some sort of deep, classical training, or that you’re a Shakespeare enthusiast. I have zero interest in me performing Shakespeare.
BILL NIGHYIf I ruled the world, every woman would have a Chanel suit in her wardrobe.
BILL NIGHYI’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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