Quotes from Pierce Brosnan

I think if Roman Polanski had asked me to do the phone book, I would have said, 'Yes.'

My family is my sanctuary.

I ride horses, I love horses, I've owned horses.

Oh, humiliation is poisonous. It's one of the deepest pains of being human.

I paint landscapes, figuratives. I painted all my life. In fact, I started as a commercial artist.

I'd love to do 'The Expendables.' It's just a kick in the pants.

People should be allowed to marry, and gay marriage should be out there. If a man or a woman has a good partner and they love each other with their heart and soul, let them marry. I am very much for gay marriage.

To my eye, women get sexier around 35. They know a thing or two, and knowledge is always alluring.

I visit London several times a year. It is my home away from home.

Together we are stronger, our voices louder, and the synergy of our actions more powerful. Together we can prevail on the Navy to put commonsense safeguards in place, like requiring its ships to avoid the most sensitive marine mammal habitats and to stop their training exercises during peak migrations.

I was aware that I was not getting the good acting roles because I was either too handsome, too pretty or whatever. I was being judged in ways that left me nowhere to go. You have to be patient.

The word 'star' doesn't mean an awful lot to me. 'Good actor' and having the respect of one's peers means more.

Cancer is the most pernicious, insidious, disgusting disease of life.

With such riches as I have in life, you're always nervous. Being Irish, you're waiting for something to knock it sideways.

Action films can be like watching paint dry. You can just die in the trailer waiting for them to set up a shot, then you go out for a few minutes or an hour of endurance testing.

I will forever be a Bond. It's a small group of men who've made this role. Someone said, More men have walked on the moon than have played James Bond.'

Love cannot burn constantly.

When I went to America, I spoke so much about who I was and gave so much away in a confessional, Irish, story-telling way that I suddenly realised I had given up a lot of myself. I had to shut up.

I think you make the best with what you've got, you know? Sometimes you have very little. And you just always try to rise to higher ground, because you're going to suffer one way or the other, so you just hope that you have strength and perseverance and good friends and faith, some kind of faith, to endure and move on to greener pastures.

God has been good to me. My faith has been good to me in the moments of deepest suffering, doubt and fear.

I'm pretty tried-and-tested in the world of 'suit acting.'

Some people think my singing is superb. But they're mainly on strong medication and not allowed out much.

I like dressing in all seasons. Every season has its own character and charm.