"Over the last year I've rather enjoyed making documentaries for a company called Associated Television, run by a man called David Mackenzie. And we shot a couple in Russia, one in Moscow and one in St. Petersburg ... they are called 'The KGB Files'." (1998) "To me, the Bond situations are so ridiculous, so outrageous. I mean, this man is supposed to be a spy and yet, everybody knows he's a spy. Every bartender in the world offers him martinis that are shaken, not stirred. What kind of serious spy is recognized everywhere he goes? It's outrageous. So you have to treat the humor outrageously as well. My personality is entirely different than previous Bonds. I'm not that cold-blooded killer type. Which is why I play it mostly for laughs." "I must tell you the truth - I have not seen them, and for a very good reason. Knowing that I would get asked questions like that, I'm always desperately honest. If I didn't like the performance, I don't know how I would answer. I do know Timothy, and he is a very, very pleasant chap and a good actor." - When asked for his opinion about the James Bond movies featuring his successor Timothy Dalton "I don't believe in Bond as a hero. It's a load of nonsense. How can you be a spy when any bar you walk into, the bartender says, 'Ah, Mr Bond. Shaken, not stirred?'" - His explanation for his comical approach to the Bond character. "You could say he has a 'License to Grill'." - About his son who owns the London restaurant, 'Hush' "Both Sean and I will be forgotten after everybody sees Pierce." After seeing Pierce Brosnan playing James Bond on the set of the film GoldenEye "My personality is entirely different than his. I can't play the cold-blooded killer that Sean can do so well, which is why I play it for laughs." - Comparing his portrayal of James Bond with Sean Connery's "Today I am completely opposed to small arms and what they can do to children. I played every role tongue-in-cheek because I don't really believe in that sort of hero. I don't like guns." "I'm delighted to hear that Daniel Craig has been appointed the new 007. It's a very exciting time and I would like to wish everyone at Eon much success, and welcome Daniel to the family." "You're not a star till they can spell your name in Vladivostok." "A lot of actors didn't make their start until in their prime - I remember Buster Merryfield - who played Uncle Albert in Only Fools and Horses - saying that it wasn't until he retired as a bank clerk that he got involved with amateur dramatics, and then acting on TV." "A lot of my reading over the next few months will be the works of Hans Christian Andersen - I have been appointed an ambassador for the bicentenary celebrations of his birth next year." "Bond was escapism, but not meant to be imitated in real life." "But if asked which of my co-stars had the biggest effect and impact on me, I say - without hesitation - Eleanor Parker." "I was pretty - so pretty that actresses didn't want to work with me." "My acting range? Left eyebrow raised, right eyebrow raised." "If I kept all my bad notices, I'd need two houses." "I've never received a nomination for an Academy Award - and that after I went to the trouble of learning two more facial expressions."