I got briefly mistaken for someone who might be good in bed, which was very, very good.
BILL NIGHYI find it hard to relax around any man who’s got the second button on his shirt undone.
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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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 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’m crazy about James Brown. I’m crazy about soul music. And then the blues. Rhythm and blues.
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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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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.’
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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 have no memory, any at all, of actually performing the play, no recall in terms of the lines. I can’t tell you any line from any play I’ve ever done.
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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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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.
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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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Somebody asked me recently, ‘Have you done a lot of plays?’ I thought hang 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 find it hard to relax around any man who’s got the second button on his shirt undone.
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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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