You have all these plans to act, and maybe do it rather elegantly, and then they turn the rain machine on.
BILL NIGHYIf I’m going to appear in front of people I like to look my best.
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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Anti-Semitism and Fascism have a long, mysterious, bewildering, poisonous and vile history and it’s not exclusive to the Germans.
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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 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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If I ruled the world, every woman would have a Chanel suit in her wardrobe.
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I’m just aware of what I’m thinking and feeling but I do obviously have to get that to the back of the auditorium.
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If I’m going to appear in front of people I like to look my best.
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In one way, an attempt to reproduce the way people actually speak, but it’s not just an attempt at naturalism. It’s stylised and it’s heightened, to great effect. It’s elegant and it’s funny and that’s the way to my heart, frankly.
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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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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.
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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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Anyone who can do the splits and come back up on the backbeat, as James Brown and Prince can, has my eternal respect.
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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 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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When I do a play, it’s like agreeing to be ill for a couple of months.
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I’m probably the only person who actually remembers pirate radio.
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