If I hadn’t done Bond, I wouldn’t have been in America doing my series, and I would have had a different life.

Many people say that recovery from an aneurysm is like having a layer of skin ripped off - your experience of life is more intense.

Life is good - we forget that.

To do a Bond picture is a blessing but also a curse.

In common with many who have a brain injury, I initially lost my confidence and felt very vulnerable, as if a protective layer of skin had been stripped away.

If I hadn’t done Bond, I wouldn’t have been in America doing my series, and I would have had a different life.