Quotes by Bill Nighy

About Bill Nighy:

William Francis "Bill" Nighy is 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, whose extramarital affairs kept him "vital".
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If I'm going to appear in front of people I like to look my best.

Bill Nighy

One of the things that is assumed about actors is that they are extrovert, which is almost never the case, in my experience.

Bill Nighy

I don't seem to be able to learn from experience or anything useful. History doesn't help me. Precedents don't inform my experience.

Bill Nighy

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

Bill Nighy

I'm not a royal family watcher.

Bill Nighy

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

Bill Nighy

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.'

Bill Nighy

I don't even own a car.

Bill Nighy

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

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

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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 o...

Bill Nighy

I've never been a great enthusiast about how I look and I am very... when I was young I had a real anti-talent for inventing myself as unappealing - craven and unremarkable.

Bill Nighy

The great thing about animation is it's like the radio. I used to do lots of radio when I was a kid, and you get to play parts you would never get to play ordinarily.

Bill Nighy

I got briefly mistaken for someone who might be good in bed, which was very, very good.

Bill Nighy

In life, if you have an enthusiasm for what they call 'good manners,' sometimes people don't quite believe you. I've had that once or twice before, where they assume you can't be for real.

Bill Nighy

There is something, yeah, I mean traditionally it's more fun to play bad guys than it is good guys and when you're playing a bad guy, yeah, the fun in it is to see how scary you can be, how horrible you can be. And it's surprising what you come up wi...

Bill Nighy

I know really, really famous people who are terrified every time they walk on to a stage.

Bill Nighy

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.

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

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You can ruin your life wanting to be an actor.

Bill Nighy

Author Bio

  • NameBill Nighy
  • DescriptionEnglish actor and comedian
  • BornDecember 12, 1949
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionTelevision Actor; Film Actor; Actor; Voice Actor
  • AwardsAnnie Award