“ The idea of regretting not doing this seemed insane to me. Sitting in the corner at a bar at age 60, saying: 'I could've been Bond. Buy me a drink.' That's the saddest place I could be. At least now at 60 I can say: 'I was Bond. Now buy me a drink.' ”

“ As a kid, I kind of spent my life being amazed by being tricked. I love being tricked. I still love it today. ”

“ It's not like I was trying to be sexy but I had to get fit because I had to be able to do stunts. Also I wanted that, if Bond took his clothes off, he looked like a man who did what he did, which was kill people for a living. I thought the only way to do that was to work out and get fit and buff and get physically into shape. ”

“ I'm potentially worth a lot of money, but I've got to go and make something that's worth a lot of money. ”

“ Being on your own would be sad, sick and weird. I don't trust myself. I need that balance. ”

“ I've got to be high class... Which is sad, because I like bars. ”

“ 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. ”

“ Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them. ”

“ I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good. ”

“ When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive. ”