Bill Nighy Quotes

I'm a jacket man. And if I'm without one, I am kind of seriously disabled. I don't know how to operate in shirt sleeves.

- Bill Nighy

Seriously, Kind, Am, Jacket

When it comes to casual clothing, my enthusiasm for clothes starts to waver.

- Bill Nighy

Enthusiasm, Casual, Waver, Clothing

I guess part of the hit-man appeal is the solitude. Everybody is lured to the idea of the solitary life.

- Bill Nighy

Idea, Everybody, Guess, Lured

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

- Bill Nighy

Face, Against, Romance, Romanticism

I'm not a royal family watcher.

- Bill Nighy

Family, Royal, Royal Family

There are only three men in the world who are licensed to wear shorts: Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp and Tom Cruise.

- Bill Nighy

Three, Wear, Licensed, None

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.

- Bill Nighy

Play, Always, Slightly, Play Football

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

- Bill Nighy

Happy, Always, Get, Odds

Emma Watson is adorable in the extreme. She is such a lovely person.

- Bill Nighy

Lovely, She, Person, Watson

I hardly even leave my own house.

- Bill Nighy

Leave, My Own, Even, Hardly

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

- Bill Nighy

Discover, Always, Been, Satisfying

I don't dislike the process of animation... I find it daunting, but only as much as I find everything daunting.

- Bill Nighy

Process, Find, Dislike, Daunting

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

Regrets, Too Late, Putting, Letters

More people saw me in 'Love Actually' than had seen me in everything else I had ever done up to that point.

- Bill Nighy

Love, More, More People, Everything Else

You can ruin your life wanting to be an actor.

- Bill Nighy

Actor, Wanting, Your, Ruin

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

Play, Kid, Like, Animation

I don't do plays without jokes anymore. I've retired from those plays. I think it's bad manners to invite people to sit in the dark for two and a half hours and not tell them the joke.

- Bill Nighy

Bad, I Think, Half, Jokes

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

Good Manners, Before, Had, Assume

I've worked with Len Wiseman before, on the 'Underworld' series, in which I was a vampire. The first two of those were his first two films. And I admire him beyond measure. I think he's tremendous, as a man and as a director.

- Bill Nighy

Admire, I Think, Before, Underworld

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

Will, Like, Audition, Overstated

I find it hard to relax around any man who's got the second button on his shirt undone.

- Bill Nighy

Relax, Around, Any, Button

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.

- Bill Nighy

Want, Makes, Films, Jerry

If you are supposed to be villainous and have some sort of agenda, I like the idea of delivering that kind of character in a perfectly well-mannered way.

- Bill Nighy

Some, Delivering, Perfectly, Agenda

I have a perfectly average skewed perception of myself. We often don't know what we're like.

- Bill Nighy

Average, Like, Perfectly, Perception

The phenomenon of vampires has always appealed to me. Everyone kind of likes a vampire story because it almost could be true.

- Bill Nighy

Always, Everyone, Almost, Vampire

If I ruled the world, every woman would have a Chanel suit in her wardrobe.

- Bill Nighy

Woman, World, Would, Chanel

I was never a hippy, per se.

- Bill Nighy

Never, Per, Hippy

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

Young, Been, Very, Enthusiast

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

History, Learn, Inform, Useful

Anyone who can do the splits and come back up on the backbeat, as James Brown and Prince can, has my eternal respect. Prince, who is a genius of the highest order, can come back up while singing and playing the guitar.

- Bill Nighy

Singing, Back, James, Splits

I never mind doing press; it's never bothered me.

- Bill Nighy

Mind, Doing, Never, Press

I did pick up a guitar once, but the strings hurt my fingers so I put it down again.

- Bill Nighy

Down, Again, Fingers, Hurt

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

Financial, Expert, Very, Hood

If I'm going to appear in front of people I like to look my best.

- Bill Nighy

Best, Like, Going, Appear

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

- Bill Nighy

Degree, Nothing, Fine, Notoriety

When a movie is called 'searingly honest,' it's almost invariably grim and demonstrates how bad things can get.

- Bill Nighy

Bad, Movie, Almost, Invariably

I don't want to associate myself with any specific group of politicians.

- Bill Nighy

Myself, Want, Politicians, Associate

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 with.

- Bill Nighy

Play, Bad, Good Guys, Bad Guys

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.

- Bill Nighy

Work, Famous, Lucky, Investigations

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

- Bill Nighy

Result, Performs, Almost, Hunger

The way the elderly are treated, and in some cases warehoused and medicated, rather than nurtured and listened to, is distressing.

- Bill Nighy

Some, Treated, Cases, Distressing

I like sci-fi.

- Bill Nighy

Like, Sci-Fi

One of the reasons I like a suit is because I've never been that keen on my body. The shape a suit presents is always going to be better than anything I can do.

- Bill Nighy

Always, Been, Reasons, Keen

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

- Bill Nighy

Proud, Like, Things, Generally

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

Which, One Of The Things, Extrovert

All actors who have been around for a long time, which I have, and have been skint for long periods, which I have, find it difficult to turn down jobs. If I turn anything down my stomach turns over. I feel sick. It feels like gambling.

- Bill Nighy

Been, Feels, Long Periods, Periods

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

- Bill Nighy

Play, Couple, Months, Agreeing

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

- Bill Nighy

Very, Which, Infectious, Personal Style

Never go anywhere you have to wear brown shoes.

- Bill Nighy

Never, Go, Wear, Brown

I wanted to be a journalist, I thought it was glamorous and that I'd meet beautiful women in the rain.

- Bill Nighy

Beautiful, Rain, Journalist, Beautiful Women

If you ever see me in a social setting wearing any sort of sportswear, then you know I'm in crisis.

- Bill Nighy

Crisis, Social, Sort, Wearing

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

- Bill Nighy

Bed, Very, Which, Mistaken

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

Work, Think, Always, Go Home

I think in the old days, everybody used to act really quickly because Hollywood was built by theatre people.

- Bill Nighy

Think, Everybody, I Think, Theatre

It's probably healthier to find fame later in life.

- Bill Nighy

Find, Later, Healthier, Fame

I'm one of those weird people who doesn't even own a computer.

- Bill Nighy

Weird, Own, Even, Computer

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

- Bill Nighy

People, Famous, Really, Terrified

I speed up past mirrors.

- Bill Nighy

Past, Mirrors, Up, Speed

I don't even own a car.

- Bill Nighy

Own, Even, Car

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