Pierce Brosnan Quotes
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Movies are somewhat diminished by blockbusters, which are great, but there's not enough choice.
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I know what it's like to be famous. It's good money and it's great fun. A real kick in the pants. People wave at you and smile at you. You get great tables in restaurants. They send you gifts - beautiful clothes and cars.
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Dealing with death is there forever, really, you know, because we all have to face it.
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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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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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This man called President Bush has a lot to answer for. I don't know if this man is really taking care of America. This government has been shameful.
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Cancer is a very sad thing, but you can always take something from every experience.
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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 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 just find that you can become a very boring person living in L.A. I tell you, living there on a day-to-day basis is vacuous: terribly fake.
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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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I've been very fortunate that I've worked since I left drama school in 1976.
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Oh, humiliation is poisonous. It's one of the deepest pains of being human.
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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've been identified with James Bond or Thomas Crown for so long; suave, elegant, sophisticated men in suits. it's like you've been giving the same performance for 20 years.
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I thought 'Moulin Rouge' was inspirational, and 'Jesus Christ Superstar' I loved.
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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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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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No one can escape life's pain. That's 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.
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As you get older, there's a loosening of the ties to the ego and the posturing of who you are and how you behave.
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I visit London several times a year. It is my home away from home.
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I think Indian women are very beautiful. They have a sense of elegance and innocence.
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I always wanted to do a Western.