170 Quotes by Bill Nighy

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

I’m crazy about James Brown. I’m crazy about soul music. And then the blues. Rhythm and blues.

I have no memory, any at all, of actually performing the play, no recall in terms of the lines. I can’t tell you any line from any play I’ve ever done.

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.

When you’ve been going on about something for a while, it is always satisfying to discover that other people agree with you.

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.

I’m always happy when actors get rich, because the odds on it are so long!

I really have no interest in delivering the iambic pentameter, I just want to kill myself. I don’t mind other people doing it. I say that, but really I don’t want to watch other people doing it. I get embarrassed.

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.