170 Quotes by Bill Nighy

From my point of view, it’s very refreshing to play a regular human being and not someone from another dimension. When I say “not act,” what I mean is just to be as natural and as normal as possible.

If you ask any actor “What single thing would make you really, really happy?” Among the top five things they’d say is not having to audition anymore.

I have nothing against romanticism. I’m all for it. I’m helpless in the face of romance.

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

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.

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

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

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

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