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.”
BILL NIGHYIn 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.
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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I don’t want to associate myself with any specific group of politicians.
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I do think 3D has seriously improved, since I was a boy. It’s fabulous.
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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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The way the elderly are treated, and in some cases warehoused and medicated, rather than nurtured and listened to, is distressing.
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When you are in something that you’re proud of and it’s funny and it’s a good night out and all of those things, there’s nothing quite like it. The rewards are proportionate to the amount of alarm and distress it causes you.
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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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Somebody asked me recently, ‘Have you done a lot of plays?’ I thought hang on. .
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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.
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I’m one of those weird people who doesn’t even own a computer.
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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 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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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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If I’m going to appear in front of people I like to look my best.
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I’m not an actor who consciously accesses bits of my life, in order to play parts. Obviously, you don’t need to have been a father to play one, otherwise everyone who’s been a father would be able to act.
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Hunger is almost like something the West does. It’s almost like the direct result of the way the West performs.
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