Sean Connery
Sean Connery
Sir Thomas Sean Conneryis a retired Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awardsand three Golden Globes. He was knighted by Elizabeth II in July 2000 after receiving a Kennedy Center Honors in the US in 1999...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth25 August 1930
CityEdinburgh, Scotland
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I have a great respect for money. I know how hard it is to earn and keep, especially with our diabolical taxes in Britain. I never get over the fact that sometimes I see more money being paid for a meal than my father earned in a week.
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I did smoke pot a few times but nothing else. I would never inject. I'm too fond of the drink. I can go two weeks or more without it, but then I'm quite enthusiastic to get back to the taste again.
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What we really need is to get back some of the optimism we had five years ago (in the Middle East peace process) and I'm sure there's going to be a change in the climate within a week.
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I was there for two years and working on that show is still one of the happiest times of my life,
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My own guide is always what I find interesting. If it's something that makes me think: 'I'd like to see this' then that's the yardstick I apply. Obviously that doesn't satisfy everybody.
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His name is John Mason, a British national incarcerated in The Rock in 1962.
It would almost need a Mafia-like offer I couldn't refuse to do another movie.
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I don't think I'll ever act again. I have so many wonderful memories, but those days are over.
It's a kind of madness in cosmopolitan cities now.
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Everyone talks about how they knew the Bond films were going to be a success, but it simply isn't true.
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I left Scotland when I was 16 because I had no qualifications for anything but to join the Navy, having left school at 13.
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I never disliked Bond, as some have thought. Creating a character like that does take a certain craft. It's simply natural to seek other roles.
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I'm swimming every day and I'm even trying to get the golf swing working again - but that might take a little bit longer.
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Im incredibly lucky to still be around, doing all the things I want to do and getting extremely well paid for it. Theres a parallel with golfa lot of it is in the mind, and the moment you start to lose the enthusiasm or appetite, it affects your judgments and decisions. And then you stop performing well. I think enthusiasm and appetite are more important than anything.