Bill Nighy

I speed up past mirrors. ”

Anyone who can do the splits and come back up on the backbeat, as James Brown and Prince can, has my eternal respect. Prince, who is a genius of the highest order, can come back up while singing and playing the guitar. ”

The great thing about animation is it's like the radio. I used to do lots of radio when I was a kid, and you get to play parts you would never get to play ordinarily. ”

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. ”

I'm not a financial expert. The Robin Hood tax seems to me a very simple and beautiful idea. I don't see the problem. ”

I have nothing against romanticism. I'm all for it. I'm helpless in the face of romance. ”

I like being in kids' movies, and I like being in family movies. ”

There is something, yeah, I mean traditionally it's more fun to play bad guys than it is good guys and when you're playing a bad guy, yeah, the fun in it is to see how scary you can be, how horrible you can be. And it's surprising what you come up with. ”

I'm always happy when actors get rich, because the odds on it are so long! ”

I never mind doing press; it's never bothered me. ”