Pierce Brosnan Quotes & Sayings

America, which leads the world in so many ways, can end childhood hunger within its borders. — Pierce Brosnan

I always wanted to do a Western. — Pierce Brosnan

I'm very confident that Nick Hornby always gets it right as a writer. He has the vernacular and passion. He is adroit and dry, and balances humor with the humanity of life. — Pierce Brosnan

That's it. I've said all I've got to say on the world of James Bond. — Pierce Brosnan

I went to a Radiohead concert with Mr. Aaron Paul and became instantly hip. He's a great tweeter and took a photograph of the two of us. He said, 'Man, look at this! We've already got 800 hits in five minutes!' So this old dog became hip. — Pierce Brosnan

I think Buddhism is a wonderful philosophy. I've had the good fortune to meet many wonderful teachers from that society. — Pierce Brosnan

The White Palace was pretty impressive. Very impressive, in fact. The day to day running of the set was everybody showed up for work. They are seasoned filmmakers over there. They have an infrastructure for filmmaking, which is very healthy. It's small, but they were tenacious, polite, timely. — Pierce Brosnan

If you want to do a female version of 'The Expendables,' I'll be in that one. — Pierce Brosnan

My wife loves Roger Moore. — Pierce Brosnan

I have some wonderful suits in my closet, a lovely car, some refined watches. — Pierce Brosnan

I think if Roman Polanski had asked me to do the phone book, I would have said, 'Yes.' — Pierce Brosnan

I'd my own insecurities while portraying the role of James Bond. — Pierce Brosnan

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

And consequently, you have this rich looking film, which gives it this kind of muscular feel, deep focus, soft focus look. I'm not that great on development. I can see where things go wrong, but Beau, Carl and Mike Finch, they worked on it relentlessly. And then I would see the material and I would say, "Well, that just doesn't ring true. I don't quite know why that's happening." — Pierce Brosnan

I've been identified with James Bond or Thomas Crown for so long; suave, elegant, sophisticated men in suits. it's like you've been giving the same performance for 20 years. — Pierce Brosnan

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

I love the intimacy and the passion and the danger that go into independent filmmaking. Because it comes out of a creative necessity. It comes from people who really want to make a movie and want to make a difference and want to grab an audience by the gullet and show them something different. — Pierce Brosnan

It's the ultimate goal every day you wake up, to be happy. At the end of the week, you want to be happy. Happy in love, happy in work, happy in life, happy with yourself. It's pretty simple. — Pierce Brosnan

Love means that everything is right with the world. Love and only love. Love means that you are content within your own heart and in the presence of the person that you love, who fills your day and makes you stronger and wiser, and gives you the confidence to go out into the world. Love is just the most beautiful, joyous feeling. — Pierce Brosnan

I'll make phone calls. I'll call anybody and knock on any door to try and get a location, or get an actor, or get an actress. But no, it was just very easy. We just hit the ground running. — Pierce Brosnan

I realise how precious life is, probably because I've seen how it can be taken away. — Pierce Brosnan

I'm an actor first and foremost. My producing credentials are just to say, 'Yeah, I love this story and now let's bring the people, the ensemble together,' and I get out of the way. I have no desire to check on schedules and shooting schedules and money and stuff like that. — Pierce Brosnan

I love movies. I adore movies. I grew up on Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood and Warren Beatty. The list goes on. Spencer Tracy. I wanted to be in movies. — Pierce Brosnan

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. — Pierce Brosnan

To be a young Irishman in London and go to the theater to see 'Rosemary's Baby' ... it scared the crap out of me. — Pierce Brosnan

From '86 until the summer of last year, wherever I went, people would say, You would have made a great James Bond! Weren't you going to be James Bond? You should have been, you could have been, you may have been. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. It was like unfinished business in my life. I couldn't say no to it this time around. — Pierce Brosnan

Acting for the Indian audience is surely on my bucket list; it may take some time, though. — Pierce Brosnan

I certainly got the jokes within the joke, dressing up in a wet suit, sitting in a Twingo, scaling a rubber mountain, dressing up and stealing a diamond, of course. If not now, when? — Pierce Brosnan

The forties are very cool and very pastoral. The fifties look like they're pastoral, and then you get a bit more turbulence. — Pierce Brosnan

I love color. When I paint, I use a lot of color. I love art that has a vibrancy of color and compositions. I adore the Impressionists, and I'm influenced strongly by them as a self-taught artist. — Pierce Brosnan

I thought 'Moulin Rouge' was inspirational, and 'Jesus Christ Superstar' I loved. — Pierce Brosnan

I found a great woman in Keely Shaye. Not if I searched a million times over would I find one as good. — Pierce Brosnan

Clive Owen would be a fantastic James Bond. Any man who does it will have to weigh his odds - whether he can get in and get out. — Pierce Brosnan

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

The Bond was so big and mighty in my career, and it is the gift that just keeps giving. I wouldn't be here today talking about "The November Man" if it hadn't been for James Bond. So, there was a desire, a want, and a need to make this film, "The November Man." I loved the title. It has a sensuality and a mystique to it. — Pierce Brosnan

I didn't think that and I didn't verbalize that to myself or within meetings that we ever had, but we wanted to make a hard-nosed, gritty, realistic spy thriller. Roger talked about using lenses. He shot hi-def, but using anamorphic lenses that he'd found from this warehouse. He was so thrilled with that. Him and Romain [Lacourbas] were just like kids in a toy store with their lenses. — Pierce Brosnan

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

Must whales and dolphins be subjected to deafening noise that will cause more than 3.5 million instances of temporary and/or permanent hearing loss? For species that depend on hearing for survival - to find food, migrate, and communicate - any hearing loss could be catastrophic. As one scientist noted, a deaf whale is a dead whale. — Pierce Brosnan

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

I think that genetically we're programmed to battle each other. — Pierce Brosnan

Sometimes, I wonder where my place in this town called 'Hollywood' is - and that can give you a really dull headache. — Pierce Brosnan

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. — Pierce Brosnan

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!' — Pierce Brosnan

Regret, is usually a waste of time. As is gloating — Pierce Brosnan

There's no question about it. Beaumarie St. Claire and I, we created Irish DreamTime after GoldenEye hit. We made movies like Thomas Crown and The Matador. And in between my stints as James Bond, I'd go off and I'd do something like The Matador or Tailor of Panama, which was spy related, just so I could shake it up. It's a genre which really appeals to me. — Pierce Brosnan

I was a commercial artist when I left school, but luckily I became an actor. I've painted for many, many years. Now the last few years it's gotten more serious. — Pierce Brosnan

I like dressing in all seasons. Every season has its own character and charm. — Pierce Brosnan

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

As you get older, there's a loosening of the ties to the ego and the posturing of who you are and how you behave. — Pierce Brosnan

Dealing with death is there forever, really, you know, because we all have to face it. — Pierce Brosnan

The life of an actor lends itself to emotion, and yet you have to be tough as old boots to stay at the table. — Pierce Brosnan

Being a widower is not that groovy when you lose someone you really love, and you have to go out and date again. — Pierce Brosnan

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

I love George Clooney; I think George is brilliant. — 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. — Pierce Brosnan

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. — Pierce Brosnan

God has been good to me. My faith has been good to me in the moments of deepest suffering, doubt and fear. — Pierce Brosnan

If I knew I could never come back to Ireland, to England, I think I'd fall off the tree. — Pierce Brosnan

The fin whale is the second largest whale species on Earth, weighing up to 80 tons. — Pierce Brosnan

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

You want to believe in leaders, really believe in leaders. You want what they are saying to be truthful, and you want to trust them. — Pierce Brosnan

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.' — Pierce Brosnan

If I hadn't been an actor, I probably would have been a social worker. — Pierce Brosnan

I'm an artist, so I love the graphic design of Instagram. — Pierce Brosnan

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

I'd love to do 'The Expendables.' It's just a kick in the pants. — Pierce Brosnan

There's always been product placement in Bond movies. — Pierce Brosnan

Movies are somewhat diminished by blockbusters, which are great, but there's not enough choice. — Pierce Brosnan

We owe it to our children to be better stewards of the environment. The alternative? - a world without whales. It's too terrible to imagine. — Pierce Brosnan

I have not had any plastic surgery in any shape or form. No implants. And my hair is not dyed. — Pierce Brosnan

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. — Pierce Brosnan

Barbara Broccoli was a great friend of my late wife's and continues to be someone who is very gracious with me, my family, and our life. — Pierce Brosnan

No one can escape life's pain. That's life. — Pierce Brosnan

The like factor is a great thing. Love cannot burn constantly. It's very hard for it to be so intense. But it's wonderful. — Pierce Brosnan

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. — Pierce Brosnan

I had to make a living. I had the mortgage to pay, I had the school fees to pay. I had bread and butter to put on the table. You know your worth as an actor, but you have to get a job. — Pierce Brosnan

So that would be my input and I'd go off and I'd work on another film, and then I'd catch up with them later on in the year. We just kind of nursed the piece along. There was no timeframe. We didn't have anyone pushing us except ourselves to make the film, and a desire. And then the organic kind of naming of Roger; then it happened really fast. — Pierce Brosnan

Love is a lot like dancing; you just surrender to the music. — Pierce Brosnan

Love is just the most beautiful, joyous feeling. It can come from many places. — Pierce Brosnan

My mother gave me boxing gloves; I wanted boxing gloves. I liked to box. So I still have them. They're still in my bookcase, very old, tattered, and they were cherished. — Pierce Brosnan

I've been very fortunate that I've worked since I left drama school in 1976. — Pierce Brosnan

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

James Bond is one of those heroes that all guys feel they could actually be like. — Pierce Brosnan

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. — Pierce Brosnan

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. — Pierce Brosnan

Everybody gave 100%. I mean everyone, because they all knew that the film had the bones and the heartbeat of something that could be good. And everyone was in on it and wanted it for me and wanted it for Roger and Beau. — Pierce Brosnan

I always keep thinking, 'The next role - that's going to be the one that's really going to define me and show them all. I'll transform and disappear, and it will be a revelation.' — Pierce Brosnan

Being a father is a huge responsibility but a satisfying one. — Pierce Brosnan

Once I found acting and found that I could get away with it and make a living out of it, I was thrilled. — Pierce Brosnan

I love these kind of movies as a kind of cinema-going geek myself. Those characters, you want to be like those characters when you go to the movies. You know, when you see a movie with a guy who's really cool and the killing's slick and easy. I don't know. There's something intoxicating about it. — Pierce Brosnan

I'm not very comfortable with watching my performances. I don't particularly find a great joy in it. Everything is the process of making it, of getting it, getting the job, saying yes to the job. Those are the joys. Making it is the greatest joy. And then, you have to show the bloody thing. You have to show and tell, be judged. But I don't listen. I don't pay much attention. I hear the rumblings of greatness or the arrows of discontent and harsh words. Then you go, "Oh God. Why?" — Pierce Brosnan

I lost track of it thereafter. I wish I had a piece of it. That would have been very, very nice. It was one of those little things they get you on the Bond and then suddenly your face is every which way. — Pierce Brosnan

I love the finer things. — Pierce Brosnan

You always bump into politics in life, and as a man, I'm party to a number of environmental issues that concern me first and foremost, as a man, as a father. — Pierce Brosnan

I know something about life and being a father and the worries and the fears of bringing up children. — Pierce Brosnan

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

Liam in Taken has been great to see. My boys love it. They love him. And there's just the gravitas to it. It's believable. You know the guy's endured. You know the guy's lived some life. Someone like Liam has lived a lot of life. Myself, I've lived a lot of life. There's loss. There's success. There's loss. There's doubts. And there's some heartbeat there. — Pierce Brosnan

When people don't believe in you, you have to believe in yourself. — Pierce Brosnan

I paint landscapes, figuratives. I painted all my life. In fact, I started as a commercial artist. — Pierce Brosnan

There's a wonderful stable of directors I've worked with, and work I've done that has dignity and meaningfulness. — Pierce Brosnan