Bill Nighy
Bill Nighy
William Francis "Bill" Nighyis an English actor. He worked in theatre and television before his first cinema role in 1981, and made his name in television with The Men's Room in 1991, in which he played the womaniser Prof. Mark Carleton...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth12 December 1949
CityCaterham, England
looks rehearsal fans
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.
writing thinking gambling
I don't think there's an improvised word in the movie. I hope not because I admire writing. Improvising is kind of gambling. It's just that you're standing up.
thinking hard-times giving
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.
cute long watches
I don't normally watch films I'm in because I'm squeamish about that and it takes me quite a long time to recover and I have to go to work. I'm not being coy or cute, but it's just true.
daughter sleep thinking
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. 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."
kids kids-movie
I like being in kids' movies, and I like being in family movies.
character ideas agendas
If you are supposed to be villainous and have some sort of agenda, I like the idea of delivering that kind of character in a perfectly well-mannered way.
body shapes suits
One of the reasons I like a suit is because I've never been that keen on my body. The shape a suit presents is always going to be better than anything I can do.
father order play
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.
girl difficult seeing
When you have a family, or even when you're just seeing a girl, it's difficult to be skint.
royal watchers royal-family
I'm not a royal family watcher.
dad style attractive
My dad had a personal style which was very attractive. It was quite reserved and quite elegant, and it was infectious.
play world lucky
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. I was lucky enough to be a part of it at one point in its life, and it's a timely thing to deliver it again in the modern world.
football sorry kids
I've always slightly worried the kids who play football around my house. They know I'm an actor, but felt sorry for me because they'd never seen anything I've done.