Quotes from Pierce Brosnan

Acting allows me to explore new worlds, to discover characters by delving into their lives, and ultimately to become someone else entirely.

I know something about life and being a father and the worries and the fears of bringing up children.

There's too many people in seats of power who just haven't got a clue what they're doing. They're bean counters, and it just pisses me off because consequently our kids go to see crap movies.

The art helps, between the acting gigs. I feel that if I can sing in Mamma Mia! then goddammit, I can hang a few paintings, give people lots of cocktails, and have a good time.

I am the actor that I am. I do what I do. I've been a 'leading man' playing romantic leads for a long time now.

There was a beautiful church where I lived in Navan, taught by the Christian brothers: fierce, angry men, repressed.

Indian cinema is entertaining, and what I love most about it is the songs and dances in the films.

When I got the invitation to be part of 'The Ghost' or 'The Ghost Writer,' as it's now known, from Mr. Roman Polanski, my interest level was very piqued. I was very excited and pleased to get such an offer from Mr. Roman Polanski.

My mother was the prettiest woman in the town. He was a bit older than her. They made me. And he split.

The like factor is a great thing. Love cannot burn constantly. It's very hard for it to be so intense. But it's wonderful.

Love means that everything is right with the world. Love and only love.

I was lucky enough to make four Bond films. It finished in rather shambolic fashion, but I have no bitterness, no resentment.

I always keep thinking, 'The next role - that's going to be the one that's really going to define me and show them all. I'll transform and disappear, and it will be a revelation.'

Love is just the most beautiful, joyous feeling. It can come from many places.

You need to love everyone.

I love movies. I adore movies. I grew up on Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood and Warren Beatty. The list goes on. Spencer Tracy. I wanted to be in movies.

Being an actor in Hollywood involves lots of things beyond acting. Charm really helps.

The Danes and the Irish have a great simpatico, that's for sure.

The films that I've made with my company Irish DreamTime are close to my heart. 'The Greatest' being one of them, and 'Evelyn' being another.

That's it. I've said all I've got to say on the world of James Bond.

James Bond is one of those heroes that all guys feel they could actually be like.

I try to be as disciplined as I possibly can. I try to live a fairly kind of clean life. I do yoga; I cycle and do weights and swim. I do whatever it takes.

I was trained as an actor and taught to believe at a very young age that I could be anything and do anything, and then you find yourself painted into a corner by your own image or persona.

I hold Bond dear to my heart. I've traveled the world as an ambassador for that character, and I had a bloody great time doing it.