How Bill Nighy learns his lines

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  • @baharam98
    @baharam98 8 місяців тому +12

    I can't get enough of Bill Nighy; he is such a beautiful person. Much love and respect to BN and his family.

  • @julienneh8941
    @julienneh8941 4 роки тому +211

    So basically he treats his acting like a regular job. I love him. He is obviously very talented, plus he takes his job seriously. Not a fame driven “actor”. A real one

  • @michaelknapp8961
    @michaelknapp8961 4 роки тому +90

    This guy is a master actor!!! I saw him in an interview and he said it bugs him when he sees the younger generation not knowing their lines. You have to do your homework and memorize your lines for a play or movie.

  • @AbhilashNoxBaruahnx1ee7
    @AbhilashNoxBaruahnx1ee7 6 років тому +128

    Bill Nighy, This guy is a LEGENDARY Actor in my books

  • @anandaclaire
    @anandaclaire 6 років тому +156

    "Learning the lines is the easy part," Bill says here. Yes. He also learns everyone's lines. Yes. Here's a tip for any actors out there watching and reading this:
    For every scene you're in, record everyone's lines, except yours~and give a LONG pause on the tape for you to say the line (so you can fumble with it or play with it). While rehearsing your lines, play the tape while washing the dishes, mopping the floor, doing the laundry, tidying up... any "chore" that requires no thinking.
    Not only will you learn your lines, you'll learn everyone else's. You can easily say your line if/when the director changes your blocking. When on stage, you can recover a scene when someone has dropped a line, cuz you can easily improvise yours to include important information that got dropped. And believe me, you'll notice.
    Try it ;) You'll like it :)

    • @blackryn0
      @blackryn0 6 років тому +3

      I think this is a great idea. I'm ordering a recorder right now.

    • @angeloddrev
      @angeloddrev 6 років тому +11

      That's exactly what I used to do when I was in theatre! And thank goodness, because on the first night the guy I was acting with forgot his lines a couple of times and I had to think on my feet and inc his missing info in my next sentence, best thing I ever did was record the whole scenes and play them back on a cheap little recorder =) Def need to learn the other lines too, not just your own. I guess for movies it's not that important compared to theatre.

    • @liboningullie5272
      @liboningullie5272 5 років тому +3

      Really? I had to memorize 2-3 notebooks a day on my highschool exams days.
      If you can't memorize 30-50 pages then something is wrong with you. Yes, you gotta memorize everyone's. Acting is harder then remembering the lines.

    • @stabilobrudders
      @stabilobrudders 3 роки тому +10

      May I also add this technique automatically will make you ‘listen more’ to the the other players on set. For me personally acting is listening.

    • @gettinoveritgettinoverit1062
      @gettinoveritgettinoverit1062 Рік тому

      😳???@anandaclaire///Can U also do this on a Sunday in front of a WIN🏆doe???

  • @davidmacey5422
    @davidmacey5422 4 роки тому +40

    Bill is one of my favourite actors, (whispered) but I have seen him forget lines on set proving that nobody is perfect. In fairness to him, he took the job late on when the actor he replaced was diagnosed with cancer and he did share his crisps with me at lunch. As a person he is such gentleman and a pleasure to have met. One of the best!

    • @seidenschnabelfederflugel5441
      @seidenschnabelfederflugel5441 3 роки тому +7

      When you learn your lines at home and then step into character the first time, its very common to forget lines sometimes. Its natural.

    • @davidmacey5422
      @davidmacey5422 3 роки тому +3

      @@seidenschnabelfederflugel5441 Dont I know it LOL!

    • @SirJamesthePaul
      @SirJamesthePaul 3 роки тому +2

      Was the person he replaced Alan Rickman?

    • @davidmacey5422
      @davidmacey5422 3 роки тому +3

      @@SirJamesthePaul Yes. It was on Limehouse Golem

    • @SirJamesthePaul
      @SirJamesthePaul 3 роки тому +2

      @@davidmacey5422 Have you seen the Galaxy Quest documentary Never Surrender? There’s a hilarious/sad anecdote about that.

  • @rperlberg
    @rperlberg 7 років тому +175

    Bill Nighy the actor guy.

  • @globalspiritualrevolutionmedia
    @globalspiritualrevolutionmedia 6 місяців тому +1

    Mr. Nighy is a Great Teacher for all actors like myself!
    Mr. Nighy way of learning and memorizing lines is the best way for me!

  • @whade62000
    @whade62000 Місяць тому +1

    Bill is the only teacher I trust.

  • @ThisHandleIsInteresting
    @ThisHandleIsInteresting 6 років тому +34

    Met this guy, terrific dude.

  • @elainepayne7047
    @elainepayne7047 3 роки тому +6

    Most men want to know why women find Bill Nighy desirable. I love his voice, loved him in “Love Actually” too. Cant get enough of him in these Brett stories. I listen over and over again.

    • @oryb5408
      @oryb5408 5 місяців тому

      Would love to see the Brett ‘Charles Paris’ stories on television.

  • @LibertyAtYourService
    @LibertyAtYourService 2 роки тому +18

    "Unobserved, uninhibited, private study is the backbone of any fine actor. " - Peter O'Toole.
    I believe Mr. Nighy would agree.

    • @MarcGlenwright
      @MarcGlenwright Місяць тому +1

      Wow I just watched that exact clip with Charlie Rose before coming here

  • @thomassimmons1950
    @thomassimmons1950 10 місяців тому +1

    Absolutely true; take it from an actor, who tried it every which way from Sunday. Know your lines and the sooner the better!

  • @luckystarpiano
    @luckystarpiano 9 місяців тому +1

    Now THAT is dedication ❤ what an extraordinary routine 🙏🏻

  • @michaelknapp9411
    @michaelknapp9411 7 років тому +54

    This guy is just simply an incredible actor. I really like him alot! He's classy, and you can tell he prepares for his roles extensively. If you haven't seen him before, check him out. His latest film is getting great reviews !!

    • @paulwelch1992
      @paulwelch1992 2 роки тому

      Check out the Charles Paris radio plays (15 of them available on audio CD) his acting is second to none.

  • @zarkadiusz7
    @zarkadiusz7 8 років тому +32

    I love this guy

  • @Oxford322
    @Oxford322 4 роки тому +5

    I love Bill Nighy , his voice is like silk!

  • @retribution999
    @retribution999 4 роки тому +10

    There are a vast range of memorization techniques from antiquity, interesting that simple repetition appears to be the best. I know this works I've used it to memorize poetry for years which once memorized are never forgotten. I would add, saying the words aloud for muscle memory and visualizing the scene. You could also try arm/body movements and facial expressions in addition to saying the words. Another useful technique is to hand write the words, writing each line 3 times.

  • @carolking6355
    @carolking6355 9 днів тому

    OMG You work harder than anyone that’s not studying for exams. I love all your movies that I’ve seen. Living gave me huge emotions and you did it so quietly. I admire you hugely. Thank you. ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @lamalama9717
    @lamalama9717 7 днів тому

    I'm not an actor, but I challenged myself to learn the "tomorrow" speech from Macbeth by using Bill's technique. It really worked. I used it as a farewell speech for a work colleague who liked Shakespeare.

  • @colleenminahan2478
    @colleenminahan2478 Рік тому +2

    What he said! So true. Delaying is horrific

  • @ThisisClassic316
    @ThisisClassic316 7 років тому +7

    He is the best , not only as actor he is the better man , actor and maybe friend

  • @luckyyoufilms
    @luckyyoufilms Рік тому +2

    What a great way to learn lines. Thanks for sharing this with us.

  • @UPEASTHAITIANZ
    @UPEASTHAITIANZ 6 місяців тому +1

    This reminds me, Back in Haiti when I was a kid I used to memorize lectures.

  • @rayunited2010foryou
    @rayunited2010foryou Рік тому

    One of my favorite actors of all time.

  • @mangalapalliv
    @mangalapalliv Рік тому +1

    I have begun to memorize lines from Shakespeare.... it is difficult ... but it was more difficult when I started... it is getting better but I do not think it will ever be easy for me given my lack of talent. What propels me though is my love for the bard's work.... Knowing Shakespeare is part of what constitutes for me "good, meaning and fulfilling life"

  • @roybatty2030
    @roybatty2030 7 місяців тому

    In one of his films (Love Actually) his “forgetting” his lines was hilarious when he said, “Ant or Dec”

  • @LikwidAyshun
    @LikwidAyshun 7 років тому +4

    One of the reasons I love Bill is he put my record , Koochie Ryder , as one of his Desert Island Discs. Cheers guv.

  • @LysanderLH
    @LysanderLH 2 роки тому +1

    Bill is one of my Desert Island Actors.

  • @johnfraraccio99
    @johnfraraccio99 3 роки тому +1

    Excellent. The possibly apocryphal story goes that when cast in The Bridge on the River Kwai the actor Sessue Hayakawa not only memorized the lines for his character but purposely read nothing else. Keep this in mind when you view the final 10-or-so minutes of his performance, for I can't help but think David Lean not only knew that but took full advantage.

  • @stephenreeds3672
    @stephenreeds3672 4 роки тому +3

    We all learn lines differently. I learn on chunks, esp as a lot of the work I do involves monologues, which are much easier. No one relies on you, you can get into the skin of the character, you can (heresy) improvise and free wheel more esp if you understand the character that you are presenting.

  • @angeloddrev
    @angeloddrev 6 років тому +16

    Do you have the full interview please? This was so interesting, in fact every interview Bill does is fascinating! =)

  • @oryb5408
    @oryb5408 5 місяців тому +1

    It’s about time this man was knighted.

  • @KyloRen4238
    @KyloRen4238 Рік тому +2

    Happy Birthday Bill Nighy. UR amazing legend. I loved Underworld Rise of the Lycans, 1, and 2 Evolution. I watch all of them. Underworld is awesome and romantic...! Underworld remind me of Resident Evil. Its complicated. Shaun of the Dead is great. Zombie movies r awesome. Pokemon Detective Pikachu is super awesome, I love Pokemon, I seen Pokemon, long time ago. Shows and movies. All of them. And Flushed Away is incredible. Seriously! UR great. May the Peace be with u Bill Nighy. From Harlingen Texas. December 12, 1949
    December 12, 2023 through December 12, 3023

  • @premsaggar
    @premsaggar 2 роки тому +2

    Genius and honest

  • @svbarr
    @svbarr 3 місяці тому

    I knew a real old character Actor who was hired by the late great Charles Laughton to run lines in Hollywood. Laughton bought a tiny Theater not far form Paramount and this process was so similar to what Nighy talked about. The guy I knew said he was in his 20's and he'd show at 9AM and Laughton would say every line in order . Then Laughton would say every line, in order - then he would quite mechanically stress every word in the line - such as (stresses in caps) "TO be or not to be- that is the question". Then "To BE or not to be - that is the question"...next "To be OR not to be - that is the question" etc...for every line his character would say - always in order...They'd break for lunch and then work until about 5PM, Come back the next morning and plod forward. The guy was in his 70's when he told me this - he said Laughton would usually have the role memorized by the third or fourth complete go round of the entire script.

  • @Schmitty7546
    @Schmitty7546 8 місяців тому

    I think I remember hearing that Anthony Hopkins has a similar approach. He goes to work knowing his lines inside and out - to the point where he doesn't have to think about them.

  • @Derriqueen
    @Derriqueen Рік тому +1

    Wow 😮 much respect 🫡

  • @learner2075
    @learner2075 Рік тому +2

    Agreed, homework is everything.

  • @markorollo.
    @markorollo. Рік тому

    I'm not sure who would agree but i think my favourite role of his has to be Ray Simms in Still Crazy, that film will always be in my top 5.

  • @anodyne57
    @anodyne57 Рік тому

    Basically the same technique for learning by heart, a speech you are to give. But then the hard part comes, which in a speech may be...how to make it interesting (via delivery, presentation).

  • @tauceti8341
    @tauceti8341 6 років тому +6

    1:55 man I can resonate

  • @sofiajimenez7612
    @sofiajimenez7612 8 місяців тому +1

    El trabajo es importante, y la voz en un actor es muy importante

  • @beebee4095
    @beebee4095 6 років тому +5

    Any time we meet he is just himself, Bill and what you see is what you get. Love ya 💋

  • @1776Historyfan
    @1776Historyfan 2 роки тому +1

    It is so funny to me that the sweet sounding British man, could summon from inside him a character like Davy Jones.

    • @l.a.3479
      @l.a.3479 11 місяців тому +1

      That's when you know they're great actors, IMO.

  • @stevemorse108
    @stevemorse108 3 роки тому

    The girl in the cafe is a great film!

  • @queenk2738
    @queenk2738 2 роки тому +1

    Insightful words with British humor 😂

  • @WhoDoctor-u2e
    @WhoDoctor-u2e 10 місяців тому

    Good actor. Love his Davy Jones scary as f.

  • @charlinewattiez8797
    @charlinewattiez8797 6 років тому +1

    I like this actor

  • @ditherdather
    @ditherdather 3 роки тому

    Love this guy

  • @rayroofy
    @rayroofy 2 місяці тому

    True pro. 👏👏👏

  • @user-xn2hf9re8r
    @user-xn2hf9re8r 7 місяців тому +1

    youngsters and lazy people need to watch this - I get sick of teaching lazy kids from lazy parents

  • @martabcfilms
    @martabcfilms 7 місяців тому

    Brilliant!

  • @amandastevens1117
    @amandastevens1117 3 роки тому

    Can confirm from school projects that memorizing what to say is the easy part 🤪

  • @jacquesrivette2956
    @jacquesrivette2956 4 роки тому

    He gets a lot of vampire roles. Any role live or anime vampire movies, he s in.

  • @SuperJimbell
    @SuperJimbell 3 роки тому

    Best part??Auf wiedersehen pet..brilliant actor full stop.

  • @jimjimmyjames59
    @jimjimmyjames59 5 років тому +3

    What a tedious, awful way to get lines into your head. I'm so thrilled that we have that in common!!

  • @queenk2738
    @queenk2738 2 роки тому

    Without the phone on
    Just go right into it - longer wait creates “more suffering”

  • @zohrehrostami9683
    @zohrehrostami9683 Рік тому

    Couldn't agree more

  • @notsurex
    @notsurex 3 місяці тому

    i agree the most difficult part is how to say the lines

  • @madnez93
    @madnez93 7 років тому +3

    The Speaker 😂

  • @jvallas
    @jvallas 7 місяців тому

    That's probably the way I should have practiced the piano.

  • @silverjay4455
    @silverjay4455 4 роки тому +1

    Good man

  • @bitcoinski
    @bitcoinski 3 роки тому

    I can't even remember what I had for lunch yesterday....

  • @janetmackinnon3411
    @janetmackinnon3411 8 місяців тому

    So perceptive!

  • @lucidocean7430
    @lucidocean7430 2 роки тому

    Legend

  • @savythepope6133
    @savythepope6133 4 роки тому

    The greatest villain actor ever!!

    • @sovietninja6865
      @sovietninja6865 4 роки тому +3

      Kotal Careless He doesn’t play a villain. He plays a protagonist with opposing views.

  • @davidlucey1311
    @davidlucey1311 10 днів тому

    Plano hard work. Good for him.

  • @Xxxxxrrr6464
    @Xxxxxrrr6464 Рік тому

    Thanks

  • @Xxxxxrrr6464
    @Xxxxxrrr6464 Рік тому

    Wow thanks

  • @damongipson-dg8pc
    @damongipson-dg8pc Рік тому

    Him in Lynn Whitfield bout to be villains vampire anginst each other

  • @copywrite9120
    @copywrite9120 2 роки тому

    💯💯💯

  • @mosartsoares5298
    @mosartsoares5298 2 роки тому

    He is one of the best actors of the word

  • @SunitaDe
    @SunitaDe 3 роки тому

    I'm so superstitious too! I get it Billy.

  • @joshuagarbett
    @joshuagarbett 3 роки тому +1

    I’d be a phenomenal actor
    But
    Can’t cry on cue

  • @LeToile9
    @LeToile9 6 місяців тому

    Who is the interviewer?

  • @mesohano9477
    @mesohano9477 Рік тому

  • @ThatJaMzGuy
    @ThatJaMzGuy 3 роки тому

    Always be scary as Victor in Underworld movies

  • @edmmitch
    @edmmitch Рік тому

    No. You write it down longhand while speaking it aloud. And every other day you repeat that with the lines of yesterday. Former Theater actor here.

    • @l.a.3479
      @l.a.3479 11 місяців тому +1

      Different strokes for different folks.

  • @perryrobles4750
    @perryrobles4750 5 років тому

    wasn’t he in UNDERWORLD?

  • @Sam-gc5un
    @Sam-gc5un 5 років тому +1

    That’s what I do!

  • @petermilne1943
    @petermilne1943 2 роки тому

    This is how Hemingway wrote.

  • @antoinettepontecorvo3115
    @antoinettepontecorvo3115 6 років тому

    💜

  • @seidenschnabelfederflugel5441
    @seidenschnabelfederflugel5441 3 роки тому

    I learn excactly like that. 😊

    • @l.a.3479
      @l.a.3479 11 місяців тому

      But you haven't learned to spell *exactly.

  • @stefanboster5728
    @stefanboster5728 13 днів тому

    Peter O’Toole said it best- the word is ‘study’..

  • @themanwhoknewtoomuch6667
    @themanwhoknewtoomuch6667 2 роки тому

    *Not to confuse with Bill Nye the science guy...

  • @joshuagarbett
    @joshuagarbett 3 роки тому +1

    However
    I can laugh 😂

  • @thelasvegaskid
    @thelasvegaskid 2 роки тому

    Makes since

  • @CalBarnes3
    @CalBarnes3 6 років тому

    Hard Money

  • @josephlawson9950
    @josephlawson9950 Рік тому

    bill nighy the science guy

  • @peekeyeseek
    @peekeyeseek 5 років тому

    Learning by wrote.
    Or banging it out.

  • @joshuagarbett
    @joshuagarbett 3 роки тому +1

    The joker 🃏

  • @indiabliss
    @indiabliss 3 роки тому +1

    Rote learning

  • @laschubacabras4711
    @laschubacabras4711 8 років тому +2

    Que abuelo tan groso!

    • @l.a.3479
      @l.a.3479 11 місяців тому

      Not at all

  • @chdd99
    @chdd99 3 місяці тому

    Discipline

  • @nuchareewanchimsukh6085
    @nuchareewanchimsukh6085 8 років тому +1

    First, My nickname Catt
    I want o know why? world of Victor not middle just like I think
    My fathos. JOHN said " ''incurable''
    Finally we are good or bad
    I'm free job free learn Because world not balance with every people not matter we from PALACE or from FARMER[HOUSE}
    ThxYou.

  • @freshbarofsoap
    @freshbarofsoap 9 місяців тому

    Her voice is not great for interviewing. Thankfully, he did most of the talking.

  • @scoobydoo4087
    @scoobydoo4087 3 роки тому

    It sound so boring.

  • @foljs5858
    @foljs5858 6 років тому

    What a stupid question...