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" There will be time enough some day to work less. "
Pierce Brosnan
Some
Will
Day
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" A man becomes what he dreams. And I dreamed of being in the movies. I was brought up on Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood, Warren Beatty, and Cary Grant. "
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Man
" 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'd been brought up on... American TV: 'Lou Grant,' 'Starsky & Hutch;' 'Gilligan's Island.' "
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" 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. "
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End
Day
God
" When people don't believe in you, you have to believe in yourself. "
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" I don't see myself as the Hunk of the Month. "
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See
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" I found a great woman in Keely Shaye. Not if I searched a million times over would I find one as good. "
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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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America
Shut Up
Up
" I hold Bond dear to my heart. I've traveled the world as an ambassador for that character, and I had a bloody great time doing it. "
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World
Great
Character
" 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. "
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Time
Soul
Road
" 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. "
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Love
Good
Heart
" I've had my face sliced open one day. Stunt man went one way, and I went the same way and had a few stitches. "
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Open
One Day
Man
" 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. "
Pierce Brosnan
Pants
Outside
Seriously
" I paint landscapes, figuratives. I painted all my life. In fact, I started as a commercial artist. "
Pierce Brosnan
Artist
Started
Paint
" My life started on the banks of the Boyne in County Meath. Navan is the name of the town; only me, Mom, Dad. "
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Me
Started
Name
" I'm first and foremost an Irishman, by birth, by nature, by soul, but an American citizen through and through as well. "
Pierce Brosnan
Nature
Birth
American
" I live a pretty domestic and normal life. I make my kids breakfast most mornings, but nothing too elaborate - soft-boiled eggs and oatmeal. "
Pierce Brosnan
Life
Breakfast
Live
" I left school at 15 feeling fairly useless and not really up to scratch in my education. And I still suffer sometimes from that lack of education. "
Pierce Brosnan
Feeling
School
Sometimes
" 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. "
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You
Patient
Me
" Someone like Roman Polanski comes with a lifetime of achievement, cinematically. "
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Lifetime
Achievement
Like
" Sometimes, I wonder where my place in this town called 'Hollywood' is - and that can give you a really dull headache. "
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Hollywood
You
Wonder
" I have not had any plastic surgery in any shape or form. No implants. And my hair is not dyed. "
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Plastic
Hair
Surgery
" I think that genetically we're programmed to battle each other. "
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Other
Think
Genetically
" Cancer is a very sad thing, but you can always take something from every experience. "
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Always
Experience
Sad
" Susanne Bier's work I've always really enjoyed. She's just such a great filmmaker; she's very cool and very sexy - that always helps, too. "
Pierce Brosnan
Work
Cool
Always
" 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. "
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Great
Think
Optimism
" 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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Love
You
Work
" I had to have some balls to be Irish Catholic in South London. Most of that time I spent fighting. "
Pierce Brosnan
Fighting
Irish
London
" I like Chekov a lot. "
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Like
Lot