When people warned me there would be long periods out of work if I became an actor, I couldn't keep a straight face because that was exactly what I had in mind. Bill Nighy More Quotes by Bill Nighy More Quotes From Bill Nighy 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. Bill Nighy pay attention needs If you ever see me in a social setting wearing any sort of sportswear, then you know I'm in crisis. Bill Nighy settings crisis social One of my great regrets, and I don't have many, is that I spent too long putting people's status and reputation ahead of their more important qualities. I learned far too late in life that a long list of letters after someone's name is no guarantee of compassion, kindness, humour, all the far more relevant stuff. Bill Nighy regret compassion kindness I would like to change everything, but obviously not everything. I've been incredibly fortunate. I guess everybody would do this, but I'd go back to my younger self and say, "Lighten up. Take it easy. Relax. Don't be so anxious about everything. Try to be in the day. Try to not have today stolen from you by anxiety about yesterday or tomorrow." Bill Nighy anxiety self yesterday I find it hard to relax around any man who's got the second button on his shirt undone. Bill Nighy buttons relax men The way the elderly are treated, and in some cases warehoused and medicated, rather than nurtured and listened to, is distressing. Bill Nighy elderly cases way I used to joke that one of the reasons there was a lack of classical work on my CV was because I couldn't operate in those kinds of trousers. Which is a joke, but it's actually also true - if I want to appear in public I want to look my best. If I'm onstage I like to do contemporary work, largely because of the trousers, because of the clothes. I like a decent, what we used to call a lounge suit. Then I can start to motor. Bill Nighy clothes suits want The phenomenon of vampires has always appealed to me. Everyone kind of likes a vampire story because it almost could be true. Bill Nighy vampire likes stories 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. Bill Nighy regret smoking say-anything I got briefly mistaken for someone who might be good in bed, which was very, very good. Bill Nighy very-good bed might 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. Bill Nighy simple beautiful ideas You have all these plans to act, and maybe do it rather elegantly, and then they turn the rain machine on. Bill Nighy rain motivational inspirational I love playing half squid/half crab guy because you can get away with a level of acting that if you tried it anywhere else they'd arrest you for crimes against acting. Bill Nighy squids guy acting I never go on the net or the web, or whatever it's called. Bill Nighy goes-on Anti-Semitism and Fascism have a long, mysterious, bewildering, poisonous and vile history and it's not exclusive to the Germans. Bill Nighy mysterious fascism long I'm just aware of what I'm thinking and feeling but I do obviously have to get that to the back of the auditorium. So there are things like projection and filling the room, and not dropping the ends of lines - technical things which are important, but I don't think they change the way I feel in a scene. Bill Nighy important feelings thinking 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. Bill Nighy auditions actors christmas To be serious, the things you really want to relive are things like bedtime with your daughter when she becomes incredibly entertaining 'cause she doesn't want to go to sleep. They're at their most enchanting 'cause they just want to put it off, so they do a cabaret for you. You sit there thinking, "Please don't let this end." Bill Nighy daughter sleep thinking I'm not a World War II buff. I know a little bit about it, I was taught the other side of the story in school, so it was unfamiliar to me, the idea of a German resistance, and yet it was considerable. Bill Nighy war ideas school Somebody asked me recently, 'Have you done a lot of plays?' I thought hang on. I used to do nothing but plays. I've been very fortunate that on several occasions I've had jobs where I didn't want to be anywhere else in the world whatever you had to offer - however much money you've got. Bill Nighy done play jobs
