I find it very easy playing Bond. I think he's hilarious. He gets himself into some extraordinarily funny situations.

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?'

There's a conscious decision to everything I do.

I don't say: 'can't do that', 'won't do that'. I've never thought in that way about work. The genuine truth, and I do think about this a lot, is that I'm one of the least competitive people you'll ever meet. Except with myself.

Throw the computer away and don't look on the internet. That's the best thing to do.

I watched every single Bond movie three or four times, taking in everything I could about how the character had been portrayed in the past, then threw all that away once I started doing the role.

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