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140 Mind Blowing Quotes By Pierce Brosnan That Prove He Is The Ultimate Bond!

Famous As: Best Known for His Role of the Secret Agent 'James Bond' in the 'Bond' Film Series
Born On: May 16, 1953
Born In: Drogheda, Ireland
Age: 69 Years

James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan is presently best recognized for his activism and involvement in various charitable initiatives. He became aware of nuclear disarmament when he was only nine, and has later helped the NGO Greenpeace on the issue by participating in news conferences and sharing his ideas. He is also an artist who often raises funds for charitable causes by selling his paintings. He is an environmentalist and child activist who has been an Ambassador for UNICEF Ireland since 2001. We have collected several of his quotes from his interviews, speeches and articles on news articles. He predominantly talks about issues like eliminating nuclear weapons, climate change, gay marriage, children and AIDS, humanity, as well as acting and painting.

I had big dreams when I was a boy. And I can't say that I never saw a beach house in Malibu in those dreams.

I had big dreams when I was a boy. And I can't say that I never saw a beach house in Malibu in those dreams.

Pierce Brosnan
I love movies. I adore movies. I grew up on Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood and Warren Beatty. The list goes on. Spencer Tracy. I wanted to be in movies.

I love movies. I adore movies. I grew up on Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood and Warren Beatty. The list goes on. Spencer Tracy. I wanted to be in movies.

Pierce Brosnan
I certainly got the jokes within the joke, dressing up in a wet suit, sitting in a Twingo, scaling a rubber mountain, dressing up and stealing a diamond, of course. If not now, when?

I certainly got the jokes within the joke, dressing up in a wet suit, sitting in a Twingo, scaling a rubber mountain, dressing up and stealing a diamond, of course. If not now, when?

Pierce Brosnan
I lost track of it thereafter. I wish I had a piece of it. That would have been very, very nice. It was one of those little things they get you on the Bond and then suddenly your face is every which way.

I lost track of it thereafter. I wish I had a piece of it. That would have been very, very nice. It was one of those little things they get you on the Bond and then suddenly your face is every which way.

Pierce Brosnan
Love is just the most beautiful, joyous feeling. It can come from many places.

Love is just the most beautiful, joyous feeling. It can come from many places.

Pierce Brosnan
I live a very simple existence when I'm not on the road. Because when I'm on the road making a movie, I'm away from home.

I live a very simple existence when I'm not on the road. Because when I'm on the road making a movie, I'm away from home.

Pierce Brosnan
I paint in oils, I paint in acrylics. I paint figurative and landscape portraits. It's all in my own kind of style. I'm self-taught.

I paint in oils, I paint in acrylics. I paint figurative and landscape portraits. It's all in my own kind of style. I'm self-taught.

Pierce Brosnan
You need to love everyone.

You need to love everyone.

Pierce Brosnan
I was a commercial artist when I left school, but luckily I became an actor. I've painted for many, many years. Now the last few years it's gotten more serious.

I was a commercial artist when I left school, but luckily I became an actor. I've painted for many, many years. Now the last few years it's gotten more serious.

Pierce Brosnan
You have to move forward. It's constantly changing. Everything changes and everything falls apart. You have to be nimble and on your toes and accessible to it all. Not everyone is on board with this.

You have to move forward. It's constantly changing. Everything changes and everything falls apart. You have to be nimble and on your toes and accessible to it all. Not everyone is on board with this.

Pierce Brosnan
I don't see myself as the 'Hunk of the Month'.

I don't see myself as the 'Hunk of the Month'.

Pierce Brosnan
America gave me the great glory of coming into people's homes every week and allowed me to last as long as I have.

America gave me the great glory of coming into people's homes every week and allowed me to last as long as I have.

Pierce Brosnan
I believe you can only draw from your own life as an actor. All the characters I've played, I only have my infinite eye and the presence of my life to take from.

I believe you can only draw from your own life as an actor. All the characters I've played, I only have my infinite eye and the presence of my life to take from.

Pierce Brosnan
Childhood was fairly solitary. I grew up in a very small town called Navan in County Meath. I never knew my father. He left when I was an infant and I was left in the care of my mother and my grandparents.

Childhood was fairly solitary. I grew up in a very small town called Navan in County Meath. I never knew my father. He left when I was an infant and I was left in the care of my mother and my grandparents.

Pierce Brosnan
Education isn't a result. It's a process.

Education isn't a result. It's a process.

Pierce Brosnan
I'll make phone calls. I'll call anybody and knock on any door to try and get a location, or get an actor, or get an actress. But no, it was just very easy. We just hit the ground running.

I'll make phone calls. I'll call anybody and knock on any door to try and get a location, or get an actor, or get an actress. But no, it was just very easy. We just hit the ground running.

Pierce Brosnan
America, which leads the world in so many ways, can end childhood hunger within its borders.

America, which leads the world in so many ways, can end childhood hunger within its borders.

Pierce Brosnan
Everyone can make a real difference. Your voice is needed in a global movement that can change their world.

Everyone can make a real difference. Your voice is needed in a global movement that can change their world.

Pierce Brosnan
I'm Irish, for gods sake. I'm a romantic.

I'm Irish, for gods sake. I'm a romantic.

Pierce Brosnan
Oh, humiliation is poisonous. Its one of the deepest pains of being human.

Oh, humiliation is poisonous. Its one of the deepest pains of being human.

Pierce Brosnan
That's it. I've said all I've got to say on the world of James Bond.

That's it. I've said all I've got to say on the world of James Bond.

Pierce Brosnan
Regret, is usually a waste of time. As is gloating

Regret, is usually a waste of time. As is gloating

Pierce Brosnan
Everybody gave 100%. I mean everyone, because they all knew that the film had the bones and the heartbeat of something that could be good. And everyone was in on it and wanted it for me and wanted it for Roger and Beau.

Everybody gave 100%. I mean everyone, because they all knew that the film had the bones and the heartbeat of something that could be good. And everyone was in on it and wanted it for me and wanted it for Roger and Beau.

Pierce Brosnan
I had to make a living. I had the mortgage to pay, I had the school fees to pay. I had bread and butter to put on the table. You know your worth as an actor, but you have to get a job.

I had to make a living. I had the mortgage to pay, I had the school fees to pay. I had bread and butter to put on the table. You know your worth as an actor, but you have to get a job.

Pierce Brosnan
Maybe sometimes the best things are worth waiting for possibly.

Maybe sometimes the best things are worth waiting for possibly.

Pierce Brosnan
The like factor is a great thing. Love cannot burn constantly. It's very hard for it to be so intense. But it's wonderful.

The like factor is a great thing. Love cannot burn constantly. It's very hard for it to be so intense. But it's wonderful.

Pierce Brosnan
As the Trump presidency goes on, there will be a transcendency of power and culture and vision from the music scene, the art world that will find a voice and give hope to us all.

As the Trump presidency goes on, there will be a transcendency of power and culture and vision from the music scene, the art world that will find a voice and give hope to us all.

Pierce Brosnan
When people don't believe in you, you have to believe in yourself.

When people don't believe in you, you have to believe in yourself.

Pierce Brosnan
Love is a lot like dancing; you just surrender to the music.

Love is a lot like dancing; you just surrender to the music.

Pierce Brosnan
I ride horses, I love horses, I've owned horses.

I ride horses, I love horses, I've owned horses.

Pierce Brosnan
If I got into a fight in a bar, I'd miss the dude by miles. I wouldn't know how to connect. It would be a comedy.

If I got into a fight in a bar, I'd miss the dude by miles. I wouldn't know how to connect. It would be a comedy.

Pierce Brosnan
I went and met with Tim Burton for the role of Batman. But I just couldn't really take it seriously; any man who wears his underpants outside his pants just cannot be taken seriously.

I went and met with Tim Burton for the role of Batman. But I just couldn't really take it seriously; any man who wears his underpants outside his pants just cannot be taken seriously.

Pierce Brosnan
I try to be as disciplined as I possibly can. I try to live a fairly kind of clean life. I do yoga; I cycle and do weights and swim. I do whatever it takes.

I try to be as disciplined as I possibly can. I try to live a fairly kind of clean life. I do yoga; I cycle and do weights and swim. I do whatever it takes.

Pierce Brosnan
Being a father is a huge responsibility but a satisfying one.

Being a father is a huge responsibility but a satisfying one.

Pierce Brosnan
The forties are very cool and very pastoral. The fifties look like they're pastoral, and then you get a bit more turbulence.

The forties are very cool and very pastoral. The fifties look like they're pastoral, and then you get a bit more turbulence.

Pierce Brosnan
I love the finer things.

I love the finer things.

Pierce Brosnan
There will be time enough some day to work less.

There will be time enough some day to work less.

Pierce Brosnan
I always keep thinking, 'The next role - that's going to be the one that's really going to define me and show them all. I'll transform and disappear, and it will be a revelation.'

I always keep thinking, 'The next role - that's going to be the one that's really going to define me and show them all. I'll transform and disappear, and it will be a revelation.'

Pierce Brosnan
I will forever be a Bond. It's a small group of men who've made this role. Someone said, More men have walked on the moon than have played James Bond.'

I will forever be a Bond. It's a small group of men who've made this role. Someone said, More men have walked on the moon than have played James Bond.'

Pierce Brosnan
I can still run in a straight line, and I can still throw a punch.

I can still run in a straight line, and I can still throw a punch.

Pierce Brosnan
My mother gave me boxing gloves; I wanted boxing gloves. I liked to box. So I still have them. They're still in my bookcase, very old, tattered, and they were cherished.

My mother gave me boxing gloves; I wanted boxing gloves. I liked to box. So I still have them. They're still in my bookcase, very old, tattered, and they were cherished.

Pierce Brosnan
There was a beautiful church where I lived in Navan, taught by the Christian brothers: fierce, angry men, repressed.

There was a beautiful church where I lived in Navan, taught by the Christian brothers: fierce, angry men, repressed.

Pierce Brosnan
My life started on the banks of the Boyne in County Meath. Navan is the name of the town; only me, Mom, Dad.

My life started on the banks of the Boyne in County Meath. Navan is the name of the town; only me, Mom, Dad.

Pierce Brosnan
I like Chekov a lot.

I like Chekov a lot.

Pierce Brosnan
Barbara Broccoli was a great friend of my late wife's and continues to be someone who is very gracious with me, my family, and our life.

Barbara Broccoli was a great friend of my late wife's and continues to be someone who is very gracious with me, my family, and our life.

Pierce Brosnan
Movies are somewhat diminished by blockbusters, which are great, but there's not enough choice.

Movies are somewhat diminished by blockbusters, which are great, but there's not enough choice.

Pierce Brosnan
I always wanted to do a Western.

I always wanted to do a Western.

Pierce Brosnan
Clive Owen would be a fantastic James Bond. Any man who does it will have to weigh his odds - whether he can get in and get out.

Clive Owen would be a fantastic James Bond. Any man who does it will have to weigh his odds - whether he can get in and get out.

Pierce Brosnan
I love New York City. The energy, the theatre, the art, the food, the people, the parks and streets. But I could say the same of London or Paris, too.

I love New York City. The energy, the theatre, the art, the food, the people, the parks and streets. But I could say the same of London or Paris, too.

Pierce Brosnan
I visit London several times a year. It is my home away from home.

I visit London several times a year. It is my home away from home.

Pierce Brosnan
There's always been product placement in Bond movies.

There's always been product placement in Bond movies.

Pierce Brosnan
The life of an actor lends itself to emotion, and yet you have to be tough as old boots to stay at the table.

The life of an actor lends itself to emotion, and yet you have to be tough as old boots to stay at the table.

Pierce Brosnan
I thought 'Moulin Rouge' was inspirational, and 'Jesus Christ Superstar' I loved.

I thought 'Moulin Rouge' was inspirational, and 'Jesus Christ Superstar' I loved.

Pierce Brosnan
When I went to America, I spoke so much about who I was and gave so much away in a confessional, Irish, story-telling way that I suddenly realised I had given up a lot of myself. I had to shut up.

When I went to America, I spoke so much about who I was and gave so much away in a confessional, Irish, story-telling way that I suddenly realised I had given up a lot of myself. I had to shut up.

Pierce Brosnan
Intrinsically, I'm the same person I was as a young lad, and I think I still have the optimism of life, still the same wants and desires to be good and great about what I do.

Intrinsically, I'm the same person I was as a young lad, and I think I still have the optimism of life, still the same wants and desires to be good and great about what I do.

Pierce Brosnan
God has been good to me. My faith has been good to me in the moments of deepest suffering, doubt and fear.

God has been good to me. My faith has been good to me in the moments of deepest suffering, doubt and fear.

Pierce Brosnan
You want to believe in leaders, really believe in leaders. You want what they are saying to be truthful, and you want to trust them.

You want to believe in leaders, really believe in leaders. You want what they are saying to be truthful, and you want to trust them.

Pierce Brosnan
I've been a married man most of my life; that's the way I like it.

I've been a married man most of my life; that's the way I like it.

Pierce Brosnan
I was aware that I was not getting the good acting roles because I was either too handsome, too pretty or whatever. I was being judged in ways that left me nowhere to go. You have to be patient.

I was aware that I was not getting the good acting roles because I was either too handsome, too pretty or whatever. I was being judged in ways that left me nowhere to go. You have to be patient.

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I left school at 15 feeling fairly useless and not really up to scratch in my education. And I still suffer sometimes from that lack of education.

I left school at 15 feeling fairly useless and not really up to scratch in my education. And I still suffer sometimes from that lack of education.

Pierce Brosnan
The word 'star' doesn't mean an awful lot to me. 'Good actor' and having the respect of one's peers means more.

The word 'star' doesn't mean an awful lot to me. 'Good actor' and having the respect of one's peers means more.

Pierce Brosnan
With such riches as I have in life, you're always nervous. Being Irish, you're waiting for something to knock it sideways.

With such riches as I have in life, you're always nervous. Being Irish, you're waiting for something to knock it sideways.

Pierce Brosnan
I'd my own insecurities while portraying the role of James Bond.

I'd my own insecurities while portraying the role of James Bond.

Pierce Brosnan
Indian cinema is entertaining, and what I love most about it is the songs and dances in the films.

Indian cinema is entertaining, and what I love most about it is the songs and dances in the films.

Pierce Brosnan
Acting for the Indian audience is surely on my bucket list; it may take some time, though.

Acting for the Indian audience is surely on my bucket list; it may take some time, though.

Pierce Brosnan
If you want to do a female version of 'The Expendables,' I'll be in that one.

If you want to do a female version of 'The Expendables,' I'll be in that one.

Pierce Brosnan
James Bond is one of those heroes that all guys feel they could actually be like.

James Bond is one of those heroes that all guys feel they could actually be like.

Pierce Brosnan
I love George Clooney; I think George is brilliant.

I love George Clooney; I think George is brilliant.

Pierce Brosnan
You always bump into politics in life, and as a man, I'm party to a number of environmental issues that concern me first and foremost, as a man, as a father.

You always bump into politics in life, and as a man, I'm party to a number of environmental issues that concern me first and foremost, as a man, as a father.

Pierce Brosnan
I know something about life and being a father and the worries and the fears of bringing up children.

I know something about life and being a father and the worries and the fears of bringing up children.

Pierce Brosnan
I always see myself as a character actor, but Remington Steele was me. I gave up on trying to be any character. I just put myself as me in this world of Remington Steele and the grand pretender.

I always see myself as a character actor, but Remington Steele was me. I gave up on trying to be any character. I just put myself as me in this world of Remington Steele and the grand pretender.

Pierce Brosnan
I am the actor that I am. I do what I do. I've been a 'leading man' playing romantic leads for a long time now.

I am the actor that I am. I do what I do. I've been a 'leading man' playing romantic leads for a long time now.

Pierce Brosnan
Being a widower is not that groovy when you lose someone you really love, and you have to go out and date again.

Being a widower is not that groovy when you lose someone you really love, and you have to go out and date again.

Pierce Brosnan
Certain projects find you at the right time.

Certain projects find you at the right time.

Pierce Brosnan
I'm not a politician or political animal.

I'm not a politician or political animal.

Pierce Brosnan
Dealing with death is there forever, really, you know, because we all have to face it.

Dealing with death is there forever, really, you know, because we all have to face it.

Pierce Brosnan
He's a fantastic actor, Kelsey Grammer. You don't have that kind of career without having a talent, without having something to say and to give to an audience.

He's a fantastic actor, Kelsey Grammer. You don't have that kind of career without having a talent, without having something to say and to give to an audience.

Pierce Brosnan
I have no desire to look at myself.

I have no desire to look at myself.

Pierce Brosnan
I'm a journeyman actor.

I'm a journeyman actor.

Pierce Brosnan
Someone like Roman Polanski comes with a lifetime of achievement, cinematically.

Someone like Roman Polanski comes with a lifetime of achievement, cinematically.

Pierce Brosnan
This man called President Bush has a lot to answer for. I don't know if this man is really taking care of America. This government has been shameful.

This man called President Bush has a lot to answer for. I don't know if this man is really taking care of America. This government has been shameful.

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That's it. I've said all I've got to say on the world of James Bond.

That's it. I've said all I've got to say on the world of James Bond.

Pierce Brosnan
It never felt real to me. I never felt I had complete ownership over Bond. Because you'd have these stupid one-liners - which I loathed - and I always felt phony doing them.

It never felt real to me. I never felt I had complete ownership over Bond. Because you'd have these stupid one-liners - which I loathed - and I always felt phony doing them.

Pierce Brosnan
My mother was the prettiest woman in the town. He was a bit older than her. They made me. And he split.

My mother was the prettiest woman in the town. He was a bit older than her. They made me. And he split.

Pierce Brosnan
I don't see myself as the Hunk of the Month.

I don't see myself as the Hunk of the Month.

Pierce Brosnan
For me, acting is doing.

For me, acting is doing.

Pierce Brosnan
Acting allows me to explore new worlds, to discover characters by delving into their lives, and ultimately to become someone else entirely.

Acting allows me to explore new worlds, to discover characters by delving into their lives, and ultimately to become someone else entirely.

Pierce Brosnan
There are a lot of funny things that happen in one's life.

There are a lot of funny things that happen in one's life.

Pierce Brosnan
We owe it to our children to be better stewards of the environment. The alternative? - a world without whales. It's too terrible to imagine.

We owe it to our children to be better stewards of the environment. The alternative? - a world without whales. It's too terrible to imagine.

Pierce Brosnan
I'm an artist, so I love the graphic design of Instagram.

I'm an artist, so I love the graphic design of Instagram.

Pierce Brosnan
Cancer is the most pernicious, insidious, disgusting disease of life.

Cancer is the most pernicious, insidious, disgusting disease of life.

Pierce Brosnan
I was lucky enough to make four Bond films. It finished in rather shambolic fashion, but I have no bitterness, no resentment.

I was lucky enough to make four Bond films. It finished in rather shambolic fashion, but I have no bitterness, no resentment.

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My family is my sanctuary.

My family is my sanctuary.

Pierce Brosnan
I think that genetically we're programmed to battle each other.

I think that genetically we're programmed to battle each other.

Pierce Brosnan
I just find that you can become a very boring person living in L.A. I tell you, living there on a day-to-day basis is vacuous: terribly fake.

I just find that you can become a very boring person living in L.A. I tell you, living there on a day-to-day basis is vacuous: terribly fake.

Pierce Brosnan
Some people have a tendency to get knocked down in this business and sulk and whine, and they just create a rod for their back, really. You have to have broad shoulders and get through it.

Some people have a tendency to get knocked down in this business and sulk and whine, and they just create a rod for their back, really. You have to have broad shoulders and get through it.

Pierce Brosnan
I found a great woman in Keely Shaye. Not if I searched a million times over would I find one as good.

I found a great woman in Keely Shaye. Not if I searched a million times over would I find one as good.

Pierce Brosnan
I paint landscapes, figuratives. I painted all my life. In fact, I started as a commercial artist.

I paint landscapes, figuratives. I painted all my life. In fact, I started as a commercial artist.

Pierce Brosnan
To my eye, women get sexier around 35. They know a thing or two, and knowledge is always alluring.

To my eye, women get sexier around 35. They know a thing or two, and knowledge is always alluring.

Pierce Brosnan
It always helps to have a bit of prayer in your back pocket. At the end of the day, you have to have something, and for me, that is God, Jesus, my Catholic upbringing, my faith.

It always helps to have a bit of prayer in your back pocket. At the end of the day, you have to have something, and for me, that is God, Jesus, my Catholic upbringing, my faith.

Pierce Brosnan
No one can escape life's pain. That's life.

No one can escape life's pain. That's life.

Pierce Brosnan
I've had my face sliced open one day. Stunt man went one way, and I went the same way and had a few stitches.

I've had my face sliced open one day. Stunt man went one way, and I went the same way and had a few stitches.

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