Intimate scenes on a movie set are just dry, bizarre things; people standing around.

I find it very easy playing Bond. I think he's hilarious. He gets himself into some extraordinarily funny situations.

I think finding the right person and being with the right person is probably the answer to most things.

When you read a novel, your own imagery is the most important. It's what makes reading such a wonderful thing.

I genuinely believe that if you want to get in the film business, get in the film business.

You get used to the rejection and you don't take it personally.

I've never really had a desire to do Shakespeare. For me, it's just too many lines.

I stopped worrying about being desired a long time ago.

I love vodka martinis. I know it's a cliché.

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.

If you don't listen to that gentle, yet persistent voice within, you betray yourself.

I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business.

I will not leave Burma until the cross is planted here forever.

The ultimate source of my mental happiness is my peace of mind. Nothing can destroy this except my own anger.

Never mistake movement for action

I do sometimes worry about getting older and the fact that I am not going to be a model for ever...[But] The fact that Helen Mirren can look so great in swimwear is an amazing boost for all women.

Me and Norman Mailer have talked about how hard it is in America to get better. Especially at writing.

It's the sum of many parts which grow to be something great.

You like orchids?... Nasty things. Their flesh is too much like the flesh of men, their perfume has the rotten sweetness of corruption.

...to win by one is enough.