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
odds long actors
I'm always happy when actors get rich, because the odds on it are so long!
jobs gambling sick
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.
couple play months
When I do a play, it's like agreeing to be ill for a couple of months.
dark thinking play
I don't do plays without jokes anymore. I've retired from those plays. I think it's bad manners to invite people to sit in the dark for two and a half hours and not tell them the joke.
jobs people rooms
The job is the same - to attempt to make it sound like you've never said it before and as if it's just occurred to you. And that's the same whether you're on camera or whether you're on stage in a room full of people.
love-actually people done
More people saw me in 'Love Actually' than had seen me in everything else I had ever done up to that point.
thinking careers phones
I did actually sit down with a blank sheet of paper once. I think the phone rang and that was the end of my literary career.
people looks ifs
If I'm going to appear in front of people I like to look my best.
compassion two people
One is that you legislate according to natural selection, the other is that you don't. You have compassion, you try and help people. It's a fundamental clash between two people who happen to love each other, which complicates everything.
later-in-life fame
It's probably healthier to find fame later in life.
thinking people theatre
I think in the old days, everybody used to act really quickly because Hollywood was built by theatre people.
adorable lovely emma
Emma Watson is adorable in the extreme. She is such a lovely person.
jobs use lucky
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.
real believe people
In life, if you have an enthusiasm for what they call 'good manners,' sometimes people don't quite believe you. I've had that once or twice before, where they assume you can't be for real.