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
meaningful real thinking
I used to think that prizes were damaging and divisive, until I got one. And now they seem sort of meaningful and real.
rain acting machines
You have all these plans to act, and maybe do it rather elegantly, and then they turn the rain machine on.
christmas auditions actors
It can't be overstated how wonderful it is not to have to audition any more. Any actor will tell you, it's like Christmas.
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.
want groups politician
I don't want to associate myself with any specific group of politicians.
people want film
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.
average perception knows
I have a perfectly average skewed perception of myself. We often don't know what we're like.
attention pay needs
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.
light black able
With stage, you feel completely like you're just in a bubble. I love not being able to see anything. I love coming out and I can't see anything because the lights are so bright and it's pitch black. That's ideal for me, that's when I have the best time.
social crisis knows
If you ever see me in a social setting wearing any sort of sportswear, then you know I'm in crisis.
crazy soul rhythm-and-blues
I'm crazy about James Brown. I'm crazy about soul music. And then the blues. Rhythm and blues.
elderly way cases
The way the elderly are treated, and in some cases warehoused and medicated, rather than nurtured and listened to, is distressing.
regret smoking say-anything
One of the great regrets of my life is that I smoked. If I could say anything to anybody starting out in life it would be, 'Whatever you do, don't smoke'. I have had to recover from that and been lucky that I have been able to stop.
beautiful simple ideas
I'm not a financial expert. The Robin Hood tax seems to me a very simple and beautiful idea. I don't see the problem.