I always wanted to be an actor. I had the arrogance to believe I couldn't be anything else.

The idea of regretting not doing this seemed insane to me. Sitting in the corner at a bar at age 60, saying: 'I could've been Bond. Buy me a drink.' That's the saddest place I could be. At least now at 60 I can say: 'I was Bond. Now buy me a drink.'

The movie business is based on criminals. Some of them are in movies and some of them make movies.

I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.

As soon as someone tells me: 'You're rather sexy,' I wish I could disappear. If somebody says: 'You were voted the world's sexiest man,' I have no idea what that means. How do I respond? 'Thank you' is the best you can do. George Clooney is the world's sexiest man, anyway.

I never had any boyhood ambitions.

Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.