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 NIGHYThere are only three men in the world who are licensed to wear shorts: Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp and Tom Cruise.
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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I like being in kids’ movies, and I like being in family movies.
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You can ruin your life wanting to be an actor.
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I don’t even own a car.
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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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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.
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My dad had a personal style which was very attractive. It was quite reserved and quite elegant, and it was infectious.
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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 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
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Standing in front of a fake mountain with fake snow falling and seven girls dressed as Santarettes will stay in my memory.
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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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I got briefly mistaken for someone who might be good in bed, which was very, very good.
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The phenomenon of vampires has always appealed to me. Everyone kind of likes a vampire story because it almost could be true.
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I don’t spend a lot of time with anybody.
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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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