Bill Nighy

“You can't be a grown-up woman and not like chocolate.”

“I spend a lot of time doing nothing.”

“I think that politeness is the new rebellion.”

“I don't do social media. I'm an analogue guy.”

“I think the best thing you can do for your kids is to be happy.”

“The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.”

“I used to think that the interesting issue was 'why do we die?', but I've come to realise that the more interesting question is 'why do we live?'”

“I’m not a method actor. I’m a ‘what time’s lunch?’ actor.”

“My philosophy is that you're only as good as your most recent haircut.”

“I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you need them.”

“Anyone who has children knows that they are not your property.”

“The phenomenon of celebrity is something I think I understand and am not particularly interested in.”

“I have a degree in worrying.”

“My favorite thing is to go where I've never been.”

“One of the things that is a joy in my life is that I can be in a bookshop for hours.”

“I'm very good at the art of procrastination.”

“I have very, very low self-esteem. But I'm a successful actor, so I've been able to plaster it with money and fame.”

“It's a fact of life on the run that you often wish you'd created a better starting point for yourself.”

“I'm drawn to characters who are passionate and who are flawed.”