Bill Nighy

I'm not necessarily insane, just neurotic.

But I don't take responsibility for other people's difficulties or if they have views that I find unpleasant, I let them, they're over there and I'm over here and it's fine and they don't, I'm not going to catch anything.

I'm basically a medieval peasant who believes that if I stand too close to somebody who's appalling, I might catch it.

But I'm trying to give that up.

I don't think there's anything wrong with being bored.

It's not a moral issue.

It doesn't make you a bad person or anything like that.

I'm quite good at doing nothing.

I'm quite good at wasting time.

When I was young, I remember the luxury of being young was that you felt that you had lots and lots and lots, probably endless time, and it was kind of thrilling to waste it.

and to squander it.

And this podcast was kind of billed as an invitation to squander time.

And we attempt here to be entirely what you might call inconsequential.

It's just really the length of a decent cup of coffee.

And so we could help.

You don't have to be bored unless, of course, you find me boring.

And that's, you know, that's also not a moral issue.

And I don't take it personally.

He lied.

My voice has been used, I've mentioned this in earlier podcasts, as a sleep aid on lots of occasions.