Pierce Brosnan

Some people have a tendency to get knocked down in this business and sulk and whine, and they just create a rod for their back, really. You have to have broad shoulders and get through it.

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.

My religious philosophy is kindness. Try to be kind. That's something worth achieving.

Seeing to it that a youngster grows up believing not just in the here and now but also in the grand maybes of life guarantees that some small yet crucial part of him remains forever a child.

God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.