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" The scripts don't come pouring in; I have to fight for every part. "

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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. "

" I'm one of those guys who believes that you need a strong woman in your life. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" My mother was the prettiest woman in the town. He was a bit older than her. They made me. And he split. "

" You're always going to have to prove yourself, because acting is such a capricious game. "

" There's always been product placement in Bond movies. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm a journeyman actor. "

" I'm first and foremost an Irishman, by birth, by nature, by soul, but an American citizen through and through as well. "

" Cancer is the most pernicious, insidious, disgusting disease of life. "

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

" When I got the invitation to be part of 'The Ghost' or 'The Ghost Writer,' as it's now known, from Mr. Roman Polanski, my interest level was very piqued. I was very excited and pleased to get such an offer from Mr. Roman Polanski. "

" When people don't believe in you, you have to believe in yourself. "

Believe In Yourself

" Some people think my singing is superb. But they're mainly on strong medication and not allowed out much. "

" I was aware that I was not getting the good acting roles because I was either too handsome, too pretty or whatever. I was being judged in ways that left me nowhere to go. You have to be patient. "

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

" When it comes to whaling, Iceland is an international outlaw. Years of global negotiations and declarations have failed utterly to end its illegal slaughter of whales. It's time to send Iceland a message it can't ignore: trade sanctions. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I'd been brought up on... American TV: 'Lou Grant,' 'Starsky & Hutch;' 'Gilligan's Island.' "

" 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 like playing thieves. "

" 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!' "