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.'
I think finding the right person and being with the right person is probably the answer to most things.
I like fishing, I like painting; I like painting fish.
I've seen a lot in my life, and everybody goes down the dark, winding staircase eventually. It's a bad place to be and that's why having good friends is always essential. Those are the people who pull you out.
A man is still likely to earn more money than a woman, even one doing the same job. You have a far better chance of entering political office or becoming a company director... Women are responsible for two thirds of the work done worldwide, yet earn only 10% of the total income and own 1% of the property... So, are we equals? Until the answer is yes, we must never stop asking.
I know in my life there's stuff that will come back because I haven't dealt with it, and it's the same with everybody.
I don't say: 'can't do that', 'won't do that'. I've never thought in that way about work.
You need to impress me, outwit me, compete with me? Go ahead, knock yourself out, I have no problem with that at all.
You get used to the rejection and you don't take it personally.
I find it very easy playing Bond. I think he's hilarious. He gets himself into some extraordinarily funny situations.
Throw the computer away and don't look on the internet. That's the best thing to do.
When you read a novel, your own imagery is the most important. It's what makes reading such a wonderful thing.
I stopped worrying about being desired a long time ago.
I'd hate to feel in a comfort zone while I am working. That's not the way I like to do things. I want to be pressurized and challenged every day.
I don't say: 'can't do that', 'won't do that'. I've never thought in that way about work. 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.
The movie business is based on criminals. Some of them are in movies and some of them make movies.
Having a sense of humour is really key. You have to have a sense of humour with these things and I've just tried to remain who I am. My life has changed. It's changed in the fact that I don't have the freedoms I did before, but I've also got a huge amount of other freedoms that came along with it.
I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
Obviously, when I came to do the movie I knew that I was going to have to take my clothes off so I might have worked a little bit harder to keep myself fit. But I think that's the irony of it - you see all these fit and healthy people, and I'm not making any comments on it, but everybody deep down is a f**k up somewhere.
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.
There's a conscious decision to everything I do.
I've never really had a desire to do Shakespeare. For me, it's just too many lines.
I genuinely believe that if you want to get in the film business, get in the film business.
I'm a really bad liar.
I'm obsessive enough about getting fit, it's ridiculous. I'm 40 now, and I've got to stop doing it soon. I have to start getting fat and old!
