“I find it very easy playing Bond. I think he's hilarious. He gets himself into some extraordinarily funny situations.”
Funny“I just think that the collective experience of going to see a film is something you can't recreate.”
Experience“I find it very easy playing Bond. I think he's hilarious. He gets himself into some extraordinarily funny situations.”
Funny“I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good.”
Movies“I've got to be high class... Which is sad, because I like bars.”
Sad“I just think that the collective experience of going to see a film is something you can't recreate.”
Experience“The genuine truth, and I do think about this a lot, is that I'm one of the least competitive people you'll ever meet. Except with myself.”
Truth“I can't go to war with paparazzi.”
War“When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.”
Movies“You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.”
Movies“I always wanted to make movies.”
Movies“As a kid, I kind of spent my life being amazed by being tricked. I love being tricked. I still love it today.”
Amazing“As soon as someone tells me: 'You're rather sexy,' I wish I could disappear. If somebody says: 'You were voted the world's sexiest man,' I have no idea what that means. How do I respond? 'Thank you' is the best you can do. George Clooney is the world's sexiest man, anyway.”
Best“Being on your own would be sad, sick and weird. I don't trust myself. I need that balance.”
Sad“I know what I like in other actors: truth. That's the best. It makes you say, 'OK, I'll go with you on this.'”
Truth“My family and friends treat me as they always have.”
Family“Sexiness, particularly in movies, is the chess game in the 'Thomas Crown Affair'. It's, it's, I don't know, but Faye Dunaway comes up a lot in that thinking. It's the subtlety of sexiness. The moment you try to be sexy, then it's not.”
Movies“If I wanted to make spy movies for the rest of my life, that would be one thing, but I don't want to just make spy movies.”
Movies“Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.”
Movies“The truth is, I don't have any problem with journalists - I count some of them as friends - also some of my heroes are journalists, I'm a big fan of Robert Fisk - great people or crazy people who are prepared to stand up for what's right.”
Truth“I genuinely believe that if you want to get in the film business, get in the film business.”
Business“The subject matter is very tricky. It's about the Munich massacre and what Mossad did afterwards with the assassination squads. I think it's a turning point in history, especially for the Palestinians.”
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