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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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" I use so much of myself in everything I do. I think every actor does because you have no one else to go to but yourself and your own imagination. "

" I've been a married man most of my life; that's the way I like it. "

" I have some wonderful suits in my closet, a lovely car, some refined watches. "

" Daniel Craig is brilliant as Bond: there is no question about that. But it's a different Bond. It's the cross pollination of 'The Bourne Identity' and 'James Bond;' that kind of style of filmmaking. "

" I realise how precious life is, probably because I've seen how it can be taken away. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I enjoy the company of my fellow man and woman, and I do not wish to be sequestered away in any type of bubble. "

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

" To be a young Irishman in London and go to the theater to see 'Rosemary's Baby'... it scared the crap out of me. "

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

" There will be time enough some day to work less. "

" Oh, humiliation is poisonous. It's one of the deepest pains of being human. "

" Must whales and dolphins be subjected to deafening noise that will cause more than 3.5 million instances of temporary and/or permanent hearing loss? For species that depend on hearing for survival - to find food, migrate, and communicate - any hearing loss could be catastrophic. As one scientist noted, a deaf whale is a dead whale. "

" 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. "

" I love color. When I paint, I use a lot of color. I love art that has a vibrancy of color and compositions. I adore the Impressionists, and I'm influenced strongly by them as a self-taught artist. "

" 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 like dressing in all seasons. Every season has its own character and charm. "

" Being some country lad from the banks of the River Boyne, I never wanted to be wealthy. I was driven by artistic intention. "

" Sometimes, I wonder where my place in this town called 'Hollywood' is - and that can give you a really dull headache. "

" I had a theatre company years ago when I was a young man, and we would do street theater. This guy did a workshop one day on fire eating, and I participated, and it was just one of those party tricks that you learn. My last endeavor doing that was with the Muppets, back in 1995 or something like that. And I haven't done it since. "

" It always helps to have a bit of prayer in your back pocket. At the end of the day, you have to have something, and for me, that is God, Jesus, my Catholic upbringing, my faith. "

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

" The word 'star' doesn't mean an awful lot to me. 'Good actor' and having the respect of one's peers means more. "

" You always bump into politics in life, and as a man, I'm party to a number of environmental issues that concern me first and foremost, as a man, as a father. "

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

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

" Certain projects find you at the right time. "

" 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. "