Pierce Brosnan Quotes
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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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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 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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Acting for the Indian audience is surely on my bucket list; it may take some time, though.
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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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There are a lot of funny things that happen in one's life.
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I don't see myself as the Hunk of the Month.
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I love the ukulele. It's got a beautiful, melodic tone to it. There's something innocent and romantic, and it's just a grand instrument to play.
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The fin whale is the second largest whale species on Earth, weighing up to 80 tons.
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I ride horses, I love horses, I've owned horses.
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I'd my own insecurities while portraying the role of James Bond.
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My mother gave me boxing gloves; I wanted boxing gloves. I liked to box. So I still have them. They're still in my bookcase, very old, tattered, and they were cherished.
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In 1981, I borrowed 2,000 pounds - a lot of money back then - paid 50 quid for a seat, packed my own sandwich, and hopped on a plane to America. It was a mighty leap, but one that paid off. A week later, I got a job called 'Remington Steele.'
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I'm pretty tried-and-tested in the world of 'suit acting.'
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With such riches as I have in life, you're always nervous. Being Irish, you're waiting for something to knock it sideways.
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I paint landscapes, figuratives. I painted all my life. In fact, I started as a commercial artist.
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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.
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There's nothing like working with the best actors possible, and if you have a piece of material like, 'Long Way Down' or 'Love Punch,' which allows you to play, then it's just a joy to go to work.
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I'm an actor first and foremost. My producing credentials are just to say, 'Yeah, I love this story and now let's bring the people, the ensemble together,' and I get out of the way. I have no desire to check on schedules and shooting schedules and money and stuff like that.
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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.
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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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Once I found acting and found that I could get away with it and make a living out of it, I was thrilled.
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My religious philosophy is kindness. Try to be kind. That's something worth achieving.
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Intrinsically, I'm the same person I was as a young lad, and I think I still have the optimism of life, still the same wants and desires to be good and great about what I do.