I got briefly mistaken for someone who might be good in bed, which was very, very good.
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.
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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I don’t even own a car.
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I don’t dislike the process of animation… I find it daunting, but only as much as I find everything daunting.
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With stage, you feel completely like you’re just in a bubble. I love not being able to see anything. I love coming out and I can’t see anything because the lights are so bright and it’s pitch black. That’s ideal for me, that’s when I have the best time.
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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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If I’m going to appear in front of people I like to look my best.
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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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I love imaginative representations of a possible near-future, where you look at the technology and you think, “Well, yeah, that could really nearly be true.” I like those kinds of backgrounds.
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I generally do things I’m proud to be in and generally I’m in things people like.
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I think in the old days, everybody used to act really quickly because Hollywood was built by theatre people.
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I don’t do plays without jokes anymore. I’ve retired from those plays. I think it’s bad manners to invite people to sit in the dark for two and a half hours and not tell them the joke.
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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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I have nothing against romanticism. I’m all for it. I’m helpless in the face of romance.
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Opening a play is just tough. The idea that actors are weirdly protected from it is a myth.
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If I ruled the world, every woman would have a Chanel suit in her wardrobe.
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They’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.”
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