Top 210 Quotes & Sayings by Pierce Brosnan

For me, acting is doing.

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.

You get tangled up in your own ego of how you're perceived. You can lose your way.

I like playing thieves.

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

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

My family is my sanctuary.

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

He's a fantastic actor, Kelsey Grammer. You don't have that kind of career without having a talent, without having something to say and to give to an audience.

I have no desire to look at myself.

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

I think you make the best with what you've got, you know? Sometimes you have very little. And you just always try to rise to higher ground, because you're going to suffer one way or the other, so you just hope that you have strength and perseverance and good friends and faith, some kind of faith, to endure and move on to greener pastures.

It never felt real to me. I never felt I had complete ownership over Bond. Because you'd have these stupid one-liners - which I loathed - and I always felt phony doing them.

When I got the invitation to be part of 'The Ghost' or 'The Ghost Writer,' as it's now known, from Mr. Roman Polanski, my interest level was very piqued. I was very excited and pleased to get such an offer from Mr. Roman Polanski.

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.

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

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

I'm a journeyman actor.

I love George Clooney; I think George is brilliant.

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!'

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.

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

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.

I love the ukulele. It's got a beautiful, melodic tone to it. There's something innocent and romantic, and it's just a grand instrument to play.

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.

Together we are stronger, our voices louder, and the synergy of our actions more powerful. Together we can prevail on the Navy to put commonsense safeguards in place, like requiring its ships to avoid the most sensitive marine mammal habitats and to stop their training exercises during peak migrations.

Acting allows me to explore new worlds, to discover characters by delving into their lives, and ultimately to become someone else entirely.

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

I think Indian women are very beautiful. They have a sense of elegance and innocence.

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

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

I had to have some balls to be Irish Catholic in South London. Most of that time I spent fighting.

This man called President Bush has a lot to answer for. I don't know if this man is really taking care of America. This government has been shameful.

To my eye, women get sexier around 35. They know a thing or two, and knowledge is always alluring.

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

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.

I don't see myself as the Hunk of the Month.

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'm not a politician or political animal.

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.

I always see myself as a character actor, but Remington Steele was me. I gave up on trying to be any character. I just put myself as me in this world of Remington Steele and the grand pretender.

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

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

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

You can get totally messed up trying to please everyone with what you do, but ultimately, you have to please yourself.

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.

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.

Someone like Roman Polanski comes with a lifetime of achievement, cinematically.

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.

I know what it's like to be famous. It's good money and it's great fun. A real kick in the pants. People wave at you and smile at you. You get great tables in restaurants. They send you gifts - beautiful clothes and cars.

Certain projects find you at the right time.

Dark comedy is very difficult. You have to bring the audience in and push them away at the same time.

I love the finer things.

My life started on the banks of the Boyne in County Meath. Navan is the name of the town; only me, Mom, Dad.

When you go through a long illness, certainly one of cancer, there's a certain release from it and relief that it has come to an end, because the suffering can be unbearable, as opposed to an abrupt stop to life when they go out the door and there's a loved one who never comes home because of some accident.

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

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

I am the actor that I am. I do what I do. I've been a 'leading man' playing romantic leads for a long time now.

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.

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