I don’t spend a lot of time with anybody.
BILL NIGHYThe phenomenon of vampires has always appealed to me. Everyone kind of likes a vampire story because it almost could be true.
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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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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As you get older you feel you need to pay more attention to what is around you and relish it. I’m greedy for beauty.
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I love playing half squid/half crab guy because you can get away with a level of acting that if you tried it anywhere else they’d arrest you for crimes against acting.
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I don’t think there’s an improvised word in the movie. I hope not because I admire writing. Improvising is kind of gambling. It’s just that you’re standing up.
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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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I generally do things I’m proud to be in and generally I’m in things people like.
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You get older and you see yourself and say, ‘God, he’s old, who’s that?’
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I really have no interest in delivering the iambic pentameter, I just want to kill myself. I don’t mind other people doing it. I say that, but really I don’t want to watch other people doing it. I get embarrassed.
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In the street, people talk to you about all kinds of things, but by far, the most number of people talk to me about Love, Actually.
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If you ever see me in a social setting wearing any sort of sportswear, then you know I’m in crisis.
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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 never go on the net or the web, or whatever it’s called.
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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’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 would like to change everything, but obviously not everything. I’ve been incredibly fortunate. I guess everybody would do this, but I’d go back to my younger self and say, “Lighten up. Take it easy. Relax. Don’t be so anxious about everything.
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