Bill Nighy on ‘Living,’ mortality and ‘Love Actually’

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🗓️ 10 January 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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In this Washington Post Live conversation recorded on Jan. 6, actor Bill Nighy discusses his new film “Living,” its universal themes of mortality and procrastination, and the enduring legacy of the film that put him on the map, “Love Actually.”

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0:00.0	I'm Jonathan K. Parton, welcome to K-PART.
0:02.8	If you're like me, you probably spent at least one night of the holiday season watching
0:07.2	Love Actually, a 20-year-old tearjerker of a movie that featured the hilarious breakout
0:12.6	performance by Bill Nye as an aging irreverent rocker with a heart of gold trying to win
0:18.2	a Christmas music contest.
0:20.2	That role earned Nye a BAFTA.
0:22.7	Today, there are more rave reviews, Oscar Buzz, and a golden globe domination for Nye
0:28.5	for his performance in living.
0:31.7	In this conversation, Chris recorded for Washington Post Live on January 6, Nye talks about
0:37.0	how he landed the role in living, the enduring power of Love Actually, and why he doesn't like
0:43.0	watching himself in movies.
0:44.8	I gave up watching myself a long time ago as a practical measure, because it undermines
0:50.4	me.
0:51.4	I don't see what other people see.
0:52.9	I used to think that, you know, either people were being kind when they complimented me
0:56.7	on anything, or else they were, you know, dumb.
1:03.2	It is a throw for me to be able to talk to you about a lot of things, what we have to
1:08.8	talk about, how this movie came about, which, correct me if I brought, it starts with you
1:14.4	and novelist Kazooie Ishigura, the 2017 Nobel laureate in literature, sharing a taxi after
1:22.6	a dinner party.
1:23.6	What happened?
1:24.9	Yeah, I went to dinner, and in fact, I fell asleep on the sofa and missed dinner, which
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