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 NIGHYIf I’m onstage I like to do contemporary work, largely because of the trousers, because of the clothes. I like a decent, what we used to call a lounge suit. Then I can start to motor.
More Bill Nighy Quotes
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You get older and you see yourself and say, ‘God, he’s old, who’s that?’
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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 like being in kids’ movies, and I like being in family movies.
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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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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.
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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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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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Jerry Bruckheimer says that he makes films that he would want to see, and it seems that that coincides with what a lot of people want to see.
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As you get older you feel you need to pay more attention to what is around you and relish it. I’m greedy for beauty.
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I’m probably the only person who actually remembers pirate radio.
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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’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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I don’t spend a lot of time with anybody.
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Emma Watson is adorable in the extreme. She is such a lovely person.
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