One of my great regrets, and I don’t have many, is that I spent too long putting people’s status and reputation ahead of their more important qualities.
BILL NIGHYIt’s more than usually possible that I won’t do a play again. But Skylight is one of the great plays in the English language.
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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One of the things that is assumed about actors is that they are extrovert, which is almost never the case, in my experience.
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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 find it hard to relax around any man who’s got the second button on his shirt undone.
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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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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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I have never owned a computer. I am one of those weirdos. I’ve never needed a computer. I’m lucky that I have a job where I’m not required to use one.
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I don’t want to associate myself with any specific group of politicians.
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I guess part of the hit-man appeal is the solitude. Everybody is lured to the idea of the solitary life.
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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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It’s more than usually possible that I won’t do a play again. But Skylight is one of the great plays in the English language.
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I’m not an actor who consciously accesses bits of my life, in order to play parts. Obviously, you don’t need to have been a father to play one, otherwise everyone who’s been a father would be able to act.
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I hardly even leave my own house.
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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.
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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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I’m crazy about James Brown. I’m crazy about soul music. And then the blues. Rhythm and blues.
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