I am a fan of rehearsal. I like doing it [scene] over and over and over and over until it looks like you never did it before.
Bill NighyI wanted to be a journalist, I thought it was glamorous and that I'd meet beautiful women in the rain.
Bill NighyOpening 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?'
Bill Nighy