No, I'm not at all adventurous. I'm terribly cowardly.

My father believed in toughness, honesty, politeness and being on time. All very important lessons.

Of course, I do not regret the Bond days. I regret that sadly heroes in general are depicted with guns in their hands, and to tell the truth, I have always hated guns and what they represent.

It's easy to sit in relative luxury and peace and pontificate on the subject of the Third World debts.

We all have our dreams.

We also have favourite place in France, called Charlot Premier in Nice, which does excellent oysters.

The new Bond film, will be a big, big hit, because every Bond film is an event. Fathers take their sons to it; probably grandfathers. It's been a long time, and I think that the success of Bond is because the audiences have never been cheated by the producers. They always spend every penny, put it on the screen, and then the things that people expect to see in a Bond film - big action scenes, glamorous ladies - it's pure escapism.