I had to have some balls to be Irish Catholic in South London. Most of that time I spent fighting. |
I left school at 15 feeling fairly useless and not really up to scratch in my education. And I still suffer sometimes from that lack of education. As an actor, I've got by, I've had employment, I've had the good fortune to be able to work and I just feel blessed. But I do feel I have some bit of talent to create a character or move people, or entertain an audience, and that is very gratifying. |
I think Daniel is a very fine actor. |
I think Daniel is a very fine actor. These are rocky waters and they are going to get him one way or another, but I think he will have the last laugh at the end of it. |
I thought. ... I can do anything I want to do now. I'm not beholden to them or anyone. I'm not shackled by some contracted image. So there was a sense of liberation. |
I was looking forward to making (Bond) edgier and grittier -- and for all of that to go down in one phone call was highly disappointing, |
I was looking forward to making (Bond) edgier and grittier -- and for all of that to go down in one phone call was highly disappointing. |
I'm about to do scene 58 with the lovely Salma Hayek where we roll around on the beach naked and talk about some silly diamond, ... And the boys are telling me that the negotiations have stopped. When the message was delivered, it was a body blow. I said, 'What does that mean?' They said, 'We don't know. But they'll call you next Friday. Five-thirty.' |
I've said it all already, and it's boring. |
It never felt real to me. |
It never felt real to me. I never felt I had complete ownership over Bond. Because you'd have these stupid one-liners -- which I loathed -- and I always felt phony doing them. |
It was great fun, great fun. |
It would have been sweet to go back for a fifth [installment]. I was just getting the hang of it, you know? ... It would have been wonderful to go out there for one last game and pass the baton. |
My mother was the prettiest woman in the town. He was a bit older than her. They made me. And he split. |
One phone call, that's all it took! |