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Often 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 Nighy

I don’t dislike the process of animation… I find it daunting, but only as much as I find everything daunting.
BILL NIGHY

Animation Dislike Process
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.’
BILL NIGHY

Fifty Play Quoted Trying
I’m crazy about James Brown. I’m crazy about soul music. And then the blues. Rhythm and blues.
BILL NIGHY

Blues Crazy Rhythm Soul
Whatever you do, don’t smoke’. I have had to recover from that and been lucky that I have been able to stop.
BILL NIGHY

Recover Smoke Stop
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.
BILL NIGHY

Humour Kindness Learn Relevant Stuff
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.
BILL NIGHY

Clothes Joke Operate Suits Trouser Want
I’ve always slightly worried the kids who play football around my house. They know I’m an actor, but felt sorry for me because they’d never seen anything I’ve done.
BILL NIGHY

Football Kids Sorry
I generally do things I’m proud to be in and generally I’m in things people like.
BILL NIGHY

Generally People Proud
Somebody asked me recently, ‘Have you done a lot of plays?’ I thought hang on. .
BILL NIGHY

Done Jobs Play
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.
BILL NIGHY

Acting Guy Squids
Try to be in the day. Try to not have today stolen from you by anxiety about yesterday or tomorrow.”
BILL NIGHY

Anxiety Day Tomorrow Yesterday
I like being in kids’ movies, and I like being in family movies.
BILL NIGHY

Kids Movie
Anti-Semitism and Fascism have a long, mysterious, bewildering, poisonous and vile history and it’s not exclusive to the Germans.
BILL NIGHY

Fascism Long Mysterious
In the street, people talk to you about all kinds of things, but by far, the most number of people talk to me about Love, Actually.
BILL NIGHY

Love Actually Numbers People
I hardly even leave my own house.
BILL NIGHY

Hardly Own House My
Hunger is almost like something the West does. It’s almost like the direct result of the way the West performs.
BILL NIGHY

Hunger Way West

Often 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.

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