Bill Nighy Quotes

I used to think that prizes were damaging and divisive, until I got one, and now they seem sort of meaningful and important.

Never go anywhere you have to wear brown shoes.

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.

Actors always talk about taking their work home and I always think: 'What are you on? You just turn it off. You are at work and then you go home.'

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.

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.

I think in the old days, everybody used to act really quickly because Hollywood was built by theatre people.

When a movie is called 'searingly honest,' it's almost invariably grim and demonstrates how bad things can get.

The degree of notoriety I have is fine and easy. There's nothing hysterical about it.

I don't dislike the process of animation... I find it daunting, but only as much as I find everything daunting.

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.

I hardly even leave my own house.

I don't spend a lot of time with anybody.

I guess part of the hit-man appeal is the solitude. Everybody is lured to the idea of the solitary life.

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.

There are only three men in the world who are licensed to wear shorts: Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp and Tom Cruise.

I don't even own a car.

I like being in kids' movies, and I like being in family movies.

Hunger is almost like something the West does. It's almost like the direct result of the way the West performs.

When you have a family, or even when you're just seeing a girl, it's difficult to be skint.

I generally do things I'm proud to be in and generally I'm in things people like.

Emma Watson is adorable in the extreme. She is such a lovely person.

I don't want to associate myself with any specific group of politicians.

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.

My dad had a personal style which was very attractive. It was quite reserved and quite elegant, and it was infectious.

You get older and you see yourself and say, 'God, he's old, who's that?'

You can ruin your life wanting to be an actor.

When I do a play, it's like agreeing to be ill for a couple of months.

I'm not famous for my back story investigations I'm lucky that I work with good writers and it's usually in the script.