"I said I did not know enough about UNICEF to handle a press conference and she said they would not want to talk about it they would only want to talk about films."

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

"Tony and I had a good on and off screen relationship, we are two very different people, but we did share a sense of humor, we now live in different parts of the world but when we find ourselves in the same place it is more or less as if there had been no years in between."

"Over the next two years UNICEF will focus on improving access to and the quality of education to provide children who have dropped out of school or who work during school hours the opportunity to gain a formal education!"

"Whenever I'm asked who my favourite co-star is, I always hesitate in giving an answer."

"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."

"A lot of my reading over the next few months will be the works of Hans Christian Andersen - I have been appointed an ambassador for the bicentenary celebrations of his birth next year."

"I was born in London, so going there is always a treat."

"There is nothing glamorous about death."

"I do not have time to sit down and regret anything although sometimes I wish I had been able to see more of my parents while they were alive and have done more for them."

"I never liked guns, I hate them, I always blink before they go off."

"It's wonderful to travel with somebody that you love and we never travel anywhere without one another."

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

"I enjoy tennis, though don't play very often nowadays, and skiing... oh yes and swimming."

"I speak relatively little, except when I'm at home and I'm asking for things."

"I think arriving at or departing from any airport in America is just horrendous these days."

"I'm sorry to say that no, I do not play the piano."

"I enjoy being a highly overpaid actor."

"Of course I am frustrated with regard to extreme poverty, to violence that never seems to cease."

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

"Teach love, generosity, good manners and some of that will drift from the classroom to the home and who knows, the children will be educating the parents."

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

"Kristina has been to the Maldives but never to Venice, and I have been to Venice but never to the Maldives."

"Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty."

"Creating a character on or off the stage is an escape."