“One of the things that is assumed about actors is that they are extrovert, which is almost never the case, in my experience.” ActorsCasesExtroverts Author:Bill Nighy
“Opening a play is just tough. The idea that actors are weirdly protected from it is a myth. If you imagine yourself having to spend two and a bit hours cooking bolognaise, remembering a whole major work by David Hare and speaking it at the correct moment between chopping carrots and stirring the onions in front of an audience - the normal human response is 'Please, can I go to the airport?'” IfsHumansTwoIdeasPlayWholeMomentsRememberActorsBitsHoursAudienceImagineFrontsPleaseNormalMajorsToughCookingResponseMythOpeningProtectedAirportsStirringOnionsCarrotsHaresChopping Author:Bill Nighy
“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.” IfsActorsAsksFiveAuditionsReally Happy Author:Bill Nighy
“Often in America people would assume that [as an English actor] you've had some sort of deep, classical training, or that you're a Shakespeare enthusiast. I have zero interest in me performing Shakespeare.” PeopleAmericaActorsInterestTrainingAssumingPerformingZero Author:Bill Nighy
“I'm not an actor who consciously accesses bits of my life, in order to play parts. Obviously, you don't need to have been a father to play one, otherwise everyone who's been a father would be able to act.” NeedsHas BeensPlayWould BeAbleOrderActorsFatherBitsAccess Author:Bill Nighy
“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.” PeopleIfsMindLongWould BeFacesActorsPeriodsStraight Face Author:Bill Nighy
“I'm always happy when actors get rich, because the odds on it are so long!” LongActorsRichOddsGet RichAlways Happy Author:Bill Nighy
“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.” IfsFeelsLongHas BeensJobsTurnsActorsDifficultPeriodsLong TimeSickGamblingStomach Author: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.'” ThinkingHomeTurnsActors Author: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.” ActorsWonderfulChristmasAuditions Author:Bill Nighy
“You have all these plans to act, and maybe do it rather elegantly, and then they turn the rain machine on.” InspirationalMotivationalTurnsActorsActingPlansRainMachines Author:Bill Nighy
“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.” KnowsDonePlayKidsActorsHouseFeltFootballSorryWorried Author:Bill Nighy
