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I'm lucky that I get to play a wide variety of parts.

Bill Nighy

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Bill Nighy
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: December 12
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Dub Actor
Film Actor
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Caterham
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William Francis Bill Nighy
William Francis Nighy
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I would like to change everything, but obviously not everything. I've been incredibly fortunate. I guess everybody would do this, but I'd go back to my younger self and say, Lighten up. Take it easy. Relax. Don't be so anxious about everything. Try to be in the day. Try to not have today stolen from you by anxiety about yesterday or tomorrow.
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The phenomenon of vampires has always appealed to me. Everyone kind of likes a vampire story because it almost could be true.
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