Bill Nighy: Actor, Writer, Emoji Fan

Bill Nighy is 76. He is an actor. He plays a writer in a new film. The film is called "& Sons". He plays AN Dyer. This man is very old. He lives on a sofa. He does not like phone calls. Bill has strong ideas about phones. He likes texting. He does not like emojis. He says most emojis are "naff". He likes the flamingo emoji. He likes the shark emoji. He likes the purple flower.

Bill does not like Zoom calls. We talk by phone today. He does not like working lunches. He says lunch with work talk is bad. He has rules about jobs. He will not wear togas. He will not do Zoom. Bill plays a bad father in the film. He is not kind to his children. Bill has a daughter. Her name is Mary. She is also an actor and director. Bill says parents learn as they go. They make mistakes. They try to fix them.

Bill is famous for many films. People know him from "Love Actually". They know him from "Pirates of the Caribbean". He was in "Living". That film gave him an Oscar nomination. Bill wanted to be a writer when he was young. A teacher told him to try writing. At 15, he worked for a magazine. Then he went to Paris. He wanted to write and find a girlfriend. Neither happened. He ended up begging on the street. Now he has a podcast. It is called "Ill-Advised". He answers questions from listeners. He says he is good at waiting to do things.

Sources: theguardian.com