Bill Nighy

I used to drink

an enormous amount of coffee.

I would drink a double espresso prior to meeting someone in order to make myself more interesting.

And I don't know if I consciously thought that every time it became a reflex.

And I would drink a can of Coca-Cola, which I thankfully don't do anymore, which is, of course, preposterous, like I get any more interesting because of a stimulant.

But anyway, the answer to your question is hard to find.

I'm now easier in public situations, in social situations.

I tend to try and ask questions and just inquire after people's health and let them do the talking.

The danger for someone like myself who does not come easily to these affairs is when you do start talking, to talk too much.

And I would open up unnecessarily and find myself confiding in people that I'm probably never going to meet again.

I try now to let other people do the talking really.

And I get there early.

And I leave early.

So I don't, unless it's offensive to somebody, if it's somebody's birthday or something, I'll be the first to arrive.

I'll be the first to arrive.

I will honor whoever I'm required to honor.

I will stay for a reasonable amount of time.

Like an hour and then I will leave without saying goodbye.

I will just drift out the door.

So I do as little of it as possible and then I try and time it so I can go for dinner.