When you film in Africa, it's almost like a character in and of itself because it is so beautiful and has this special magic that I've never experienced anywhere else. There is something so incredibly beautiful about the light.

I'm always looking for the comfiest place to lie down, like a cat.

Be open and honest, but perceptive to your boss's situation. That's my advice to graduates worried about working with a new boss.

People are already describing it [Skyfall] as the best Bond flick ever, and I really think it will be.

I like to believe that we all pray to the same god.

Mandela is this extraordinary individual who can inspire the world. Instead of wanting revenge after being brutalized, he showed the world how to forgive.

I can't impersonate someone. That is not what I do. I can only take someone's essence and create a character out of that.