Bill Nighy Quotes

Being a star is an agent's dream, not an actor's.

The life of an actor can be very enviable.

If you're an actress and even one person knows your name, you're lucky.

I always wanted to be a star.

Most entertainment careers aren't going to end in fame.

I never really acted full-time. I certainly had gotten past the point where fame and fortune was something that I was dreaming about or anticipating.

You have to be a star to be in this business.

I'm an actress, and that's why I'm still here. Anybody who has the illusion that you can have a career as long as I have and be a star is kidding themselves.

There are a lot of actors in the world, there's a small number that actually get to work as actors, and there is a tiny group of actors that are celebrated in the way that I have been. I feel incredibly lucky.

I never got into this business thinking I'd be like a movie star.

I always wanted to be a big star.

I didn't always know that I want to be an actor, but I always knew I wanted to be famous in anything that I do.

Being an actor is like winning the lottery. It's not really about your talent, it's right time, right place, right face.

What am I doing in this silly showbiz life? I do wonder that sometimes.

When one deals with stars, he is dealing with intelligent people. If they weren't intelligent, they wouldn't have arrived at the star pinnacle.

Hollywood is a fast-paced, competitive world.

I was so enamored with the idea of being in show business so everything was bright to me. I mean, I didn't think of it as being tough and things like that.

My impression was, 'This Hollywood thing doesn't seem too hard.'

I think a lot of people, if they get the opportunity to do some acting, they think, 'I might be a star.'

My aim was never to be an American star; otherwise, I would have moved to Los Angeles.

I knew what show business was, which was why I didn't want in on that action. I saw what happens! You get it, and then you lose it.

There is no question that everybody who works in show business is lucky because of the number of people who wish they where working in show business.

Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.

I was fanatically ambitious. All I ever wanted was to be a star. I didn't want to be a singer. I didn't want to be an actress. I wanted to be a star.

I didn't come to New York to be a star, I brought my star with me.