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 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.
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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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.
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Hunger is almost like something the West does. It’s almost like the direct result of the way the West performs.
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To be serious, the things you really want to relive are things like bedtime with your daughter when she becomes incredibly entertaining ’cause she doesn’t want to go to sleep.
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You have all these plans to act, and maybe do it rather elegantly, and then they turn the rain machine on.
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Anti-Semitism and Fascism have a long, mysterious, bewildering, poisonous and vile history and it’s not exclusive to the Germans.
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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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If you ask any actor “What single thing would make you really, really happy?” Among the top five things they’d say is not having to audition anymore.
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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 know really, really famous people who are terrified every time they walk on to a stage.
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When a movie is called ‘searingly honest,’ it’s almost invariably grim and demonstrates how bad things can get.
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When you have a family, or even when you’re just seeing a girl, it’s difficult to be skint.
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I’m probably the only person who actually remembers pirate radio.
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I don’t want to associate myself with any specific group of politicians.
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If I’m onstage I like to do contemporary work, largely because of the trousers, because of the clothes. I like a decent, what we used to call a lounge suit. Then I can start to motor.
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I’m just aware of what I’m thinking and feeling but I do obviously have to get that to the back of the auditorium.
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