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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's Popular Quotes

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

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

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

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Never go anywhere you have to wear brown shoes.

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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 h…

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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.'

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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.

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I used to think that prizes were damaging and divisive, until I got one, and now they seem sort of meaningful and important.

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

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