It’s very important to make the man believable so that you can stretch the fantasy. Whether people like this kind of Bond is another question.
You can’t relate to a superhero, to a superman, but you can identify with a real man who in times of crisis draws forth some extraordinary quality from within himself and triumphs but only after a struggle.
Real courage is knowing what faces you and knowing how to face it.
If you’re a boy, you always want to be in a western; and any actor I know would like to be in a horror.
I’m guessing the stress of having to write for a deadline can be inspiring. Sometimes, pressure is good.
I’ve never liked talking about my personal life, ever. Ever since I was 20, I’ve lived in a kind of public arena; and there have been stalkers, blackmailers, death threats, physical violence and threats to friends of mine, colleagues of mine, to myself.
Don’t ask me about my career – I’ve forgotten most of it.
If you grow up in Britain, you just do Shakespeare. If you go and work in a theater once or twice or three times in your life, you’re going to end up doing a Shakespeare, because he’s obviously such a brilliant, brilliant writer.
Richard Burton was Welsh; Tom Jones is Welsh, and we Welshmen like to think of ourselves as heroes – on screen and off!
If you behave like a regular guy, you get treated like a regular guy. You can’t cut yourself off from the world. You ultimately would go crazy, wouldn’t you?
It’s horrid to be called a Shakespearean actor because that’s incredibly limiting, and we love acting. We like telling stories; anything that excites us we want to be a part of. Science fiction is fun, too!