From my point of view, it's very refreshing to play a regular human being and not someone from another dimension. When I say "not act," what I mean is just to be as natural and as normal as possible.
Bill NighyI 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 NighyIf 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.
Bill NighyI admire David Hare as much as I admire certainly any writer ever. What I like about his writing is it is very conscientiously, in one way, an attempt to reproduce the way people actually speak, but it's not just an attempt at naturalism. It's stylised and it's heightened, to great effect. It's elegant and it's funny and that's the way to my heart, frankly.
Bill Nighy