It's been a lifetime ambition of mine to play an 007 villain.

Anything that feels good couldn't possibly be bad.

If you become aware of a public self, you're in danger of becoming a very artificial person.

With my family, I'm trying to raise them to have respect for all people and make friends around the world and feel at home with the world and really live a truly global life because I think it's what forms them and it's really important to me.

On the superficiality of the industry: We are setting an example of what we think is beautiful and you really want to put that much make up on me?

The most upsetting thing is that the US is a leader in the world, and if they don't sign, then how do you expect to convince Russian and China and Iran, Pakistan, all these other countries, to sign? They simply won't. (The US government) feels it's against their constitutional right to bear arms, or they've said that it's needed in North and South Korea, on the border. I don't think any of these are good enough excuses for the damage.

War is so complex; human nature is so complex. There's no filmmaker who has ever figured it out perfectly.