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.
BILL NIGHYI generally do things I’m proud to be in and generally I’m in things people like.
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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I never go on the net or the web, or whatever it’s called.
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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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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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I admire David Hare as much as I admire certainly any writer ever. What I like about his writing is it is very conscientiously.
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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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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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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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When a movie is called ‘searingly honest,’ it’s almost invariably grim and demonstrates how bad things can get.
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So there are things like projection and filling the room, and not dropping the ends of lines – technical things which are important, but I don’t think they change the way I feel in a scene.
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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 not famous for my back story investigations; I’m lucky that I work with good writers and it’s usually in the script.
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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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I did pick up a guitar once, but the strings hurt my fingers so I put it down again.
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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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You can ruin your life wanting to be an actor.
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