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.
BILL NIGHYIn 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.
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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I’m probably the only person who actually remembers pirate radio.
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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’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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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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Emma Watson is adorable in the extreme. She is such a lovely person.
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I hardly even leave my own house.
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I’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.
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I don’t spend a lot of time with anybody.
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I 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.
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I’m crazy about James Brown. I’m crazy about soul music. And then the blues. Rhythm and blues.
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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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There are only three men in the world who are licensed to wear shorts: Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp and Tom Cruise.
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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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I used to do nothing but plays. I’ve been very fortunate that on several occasions I’ve had jobs where I didn’t want to be anywhere else in the world whatever you had to offer – however much money you’ve got
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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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