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Bill Nighy

A way of describing performances that I admire is that there is an absence of careerism. It’s a clumsy way of describing it but it sort of does it for me.
BILL NIGHY

Absence Describe People Ways
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.
BILL NIGHY

Clothes Joke Operate Suits Trouser Want
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.
BILL NIGHY

Fans Looks Rehearsal
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.
BILL NIGHY

Giving Hard Thinking Times
Emma Watson is adorable in the extreme. She is such a lovely person.
BILL NIGHY

Adorable Lovely
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.
BILL NIGHY

Lucky Play World
I’m probably the only person who actually remembers pirate radio.
BILL NIGHY

Pirate Probably Radio Remember
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.
BILL NIGHY

Daughter Sleep Thinking
Often in America people would assume that [as an English actor] you’ve had some sort of deep, classical training, or that you’re a Shakespeare enthusiast. I have zero interest in me performing Shakespeare.
BILL NIGHY

Country People Zero
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
BILL NIGHY

Anything Being Coming Completely Much Offer
I don’t even own a car.
BILL NIGHY

Car Own Purchased
You can ruin your life wanting to be an actor.
BILL NIGHY

Actors Ruins Wanting
All actors who have been around for a long time, which I have, and have been skint for long periods, which I have, find it difficult to turn down jobs. If I turn anything down my stomach turns over. I feel sick. It feels like gambling.
BILL NIGHY

Gambling Jobs Sick
Whatever you do, don’t smoke’. I have had to recover from that and been lucky that I have been able to stop.
BILL NIGHY

Recover Smoke Stop
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.
BILL NIGHY

Mind People Reality Want
I admire David Hare as much as I admire certainly any writer ever. What I like about his writing is it is very conscientiously.
BILL NIGHY

Heart People Writing

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