I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good.

I guess you could say I've been in my share of violent movies.

Being on your own would be sad, sick and weird. I don't trust myself. I need that balance.

It's a huge challenge, a huge responsibility. Bond is a huge iconic figure in movie history. These opportunities don't come along very often so I thought, 'Why not?'

I think finding the right person and being with the right person is probably the answer to most things.

It doesn't matter whether you have the happiest upbringing... the young Joe Scot had the most dysfunctional family there could be but it's still a family and it's a really good, strong family. But in spite of that he runs away from home. I relate to all of those things very directly. I hit 40 this year but I still think about being a teenager and hopefully I will for the rest of my life. They are important years.

The last thing on earth I wanted was to make a Bond movie.