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As far as I'm concerned, the sexiness, the sex symbol, it's not a consideration.
I've never really had a desire to do Shakespeare. For me, it's just too many lines.
Intimate scenes on a movie set are just dry, bizarre things; people standing around.
Throw the computer away and don't look on the internet. That's the best thing to do.
I don't say: 'can't do that', 'won't do that'. I've never thought in that way about work.
There are things about guys who are in the army. They're very particular, they have to be.
Being on your own would be sad, sick and weird. I don't trust myself. I need that balance.
I genuinely believe that if you want to get in the film business, get in the film business.
I always wanted to be an actor. I had the arrogance to believe I couldn't be anything else.
I want people to treat me as normally as they can. Anybody who doesn't, I feel awkward with.
He knows that you have ability and what he does is he manipulates it and sort of empowers you.
The worst situation you can have in a thriller is a lead who looks like he can handle himself.
It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.
The movie business is based on criminals. Some of them are in movies and some of them make movies.
I just think that the collective experience of going to see a film is something you can't recreate.
Shakespeare has way too many lines. My ideal theatre piece is about 40 minutes long with no interval.
I think finding the right person and being with the right person is probably the answer to most things.
I'm potentially worth a lot of money, but I've got to go and make something that's worth a lot of money.
I’m potentially worth a lot of money, but I’ve got to go and make something that’s worth a lot of money.
I'm definitely not satisfied about my career. I don't know how you can be, it's the very nature of things.
Sometimes shooting on a smaller scale, as long as things don't blow out of proportion, is very liberating.
As a kid, I kind of spent my life being amazed by being tricked. I love being tricked. I still love it today.
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.'
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 read a novel, your own imagery is the most important. It's what makes reading such a wonderful thing.
I used to think the press was a necessary evil and now I don't think it is. I think it's something you choose.
I can't really dress rock 'n' roll any more because I'm the wrong side of 40, but I want that to be the fashion.
You need to impress me, outwit me, compete with me? Go ahead, knock yourself out, I have no problem with that at all.
I find it very easy playing Bond. I think he's hilarious. He gets himself into some extraordinarily funny situations.
My mother gave me a real kick toward cooking, which was that if I wanted to eat, I'd better know how to do it myself.
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.
In all good westerns, the good guy is always a little bit questionable because he kind-of has to make moral judgments.
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.
If you invite someone into your front room you can't be surprised when there are suddenly people outside your windows with cameras.
Now, product placement, whichever way you look at it, whether you like it or you think it's disgusting, or whatever, it's what it is.
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.
At some point, life starts to pass you by and becomes about avoidance. I want to stay clear from that situation, because I don't like that.
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!
Action movies live and die by the story that you're trying to tell. It's hard. It's very difficult to do an action movie that stays engaging.
It didn't even really matter how good the band was - if someone could keep a beat, then you were prepared to jump up and down and smash around.
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.
Although I'm not from London originally: I moved down here when I was 16, so it's played a part in my life. It's where I've lived for all that time.
We are kidding ourselves if we don't think of the drug business as a legitimate business. It's what funds governments. It's too much money to ignore.
Some stalkers are quite benign, but finding someone in your garden at three o’clock in the morning with a meat cleaver and a hard-on can’t be much fun.
Suits are looked at more now as a business thing which is kind of a shame. If you're not wearing it just for work, you should try and trick it up a bit.
I'm not James Bond. There's your headline! It's very clear to me that he's the furthest from my character that it's possible to be. It's somebody I play.
Privacy is important. Anybody who doesn't think that, they're crap. But I know I'm going to lose some of that and that's something I'll have to deal with.
I didn't want to do a zoo show. I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness. I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life.
It's a huge challenge, a huge responsibility. Bond is a huge iconic figure in movie history. These opportunities don't come along very often so I thought, 'Why not?'
There is also a distinct possibility that there are other actors ? whose names have not leaked to the press ? who may stand just as good a chance of landing the part.