Pierce Brosnan Quotes
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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.'
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I love New York City. The energy, the theatre, the art, the food, the people, the parks and streets. But I could say the same of London or Paris, too.
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Dealing with death is there forever, really, you know, because we all have to face it.
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It's the ultimate goal every day you wake up, to be happy. At the end of the week, you want to be happy. Happy in love, happy in work, happy in life, happy with yourself. It's pretty simple.
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I'm first and foremost an Irishman, by birth, by nature, by soul, but an American citizen through and through as well.
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I should like to think that we'll find peace on this Earth at some point and come to a collective consciousness of compassion for each other, where we say, 'Enough! Let us live as one!'
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I held the generous, strong, beautiful hand of my first wife Cassie as ovarian cancer took her life much too soon.
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Actors have an innate sense of self and humanity, the good ones do, and of being generous of heart and generous of spirit.
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I always wanted to do a Western.
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I love the finer things.
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When you go through a long illness, certainly one of cancer, there's a certain release from it and relief that it has come to an end, because the suffering can be unbearable, as opposed to an abrupt stop to life when they go out the door and there's a loved one who never comes home because of some accident.
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I had to have some balls to be Irish Catholic in South London. Most of that time I spent fighting.
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I visit London several times a year. It is my home away from home.
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Being a widower is not that groovy when you lose someone you really love, and you have to go out and date again.
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Acting allows me to explore new worlds, to discover characters by delving into their lives, and ultimately to become someone else entirely.
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The life of an actor lends itself to emotion, and yet you have to be tough as old boots to stay at the table.
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If I got into a fight in a bar, I'd miss the dude by miles. I wouldn't know how to connect. It would be a comedy.
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No one can escape life's pain. That's life.
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Turning 60 had an impact on my heart and soul, I must say, because you're dealing with time: past, present, and future. You suddenly realize you've come down the road quite a ways.
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I think Indian women are very beautiful. They have a sense of elegance and innocence.
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It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.
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I went and met with Tim Burton for the role of Batman. But I just couldn't really take it seriously; any man who wears his underpants outside his pants just cannot be taken seriously.
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I'm one of those guys who believes that you need a strong woman in your life.
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I love the intimacy and the passion and the danger that go into independent filmmaking. Because it comes out of a creative necessity. It comes from people who really want to make a movie and want to make a difference and want to grab an audience by the gullet and show them something different.