Explore Quotes by Pierce Brosnan

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.'

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.

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

As I've gotten older and I've watched people in productions, I go to the theater when I go back to London and see friends in Broadway, I think maybe there might come a time here to get back up there and prove oneself. It's just an itch; it's a nagging itch to go back there.

I've been very fortunate that I've worked since I left drama school in 1976.

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

I always wanted to do a Western.

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

The life of an actor lends itself to emotion, and yet you have to be tough as old boots to stay at the table.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

If you want to do a female version of 'The Expendables,' I'll be in that one.

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

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

If I hadn't been an actor, I probably would have been a social worker.

I'm an artist, so I love the graphic design of Instagram.

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.