Being known for Bond, certainly when you're in foreign countries, makes people curious. You get to see presidents because their wives were curious; their children were curious about Bond or The Saint or whatever. Then once you have your foot through the door, you can then let them see that you're serious about what you're talking about, and not just a twit.

I nearly died of double bronchial pneumonia at the age of five.

It's very tempting to over-eat all the bad things when you're on a film set.

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

The fact of the matter is that most actors are shy people.

Bond was escapism, but not meant to be imitated in real life.

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.