I'm not a politician or political animal.

Certain projects find you at the right time.

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

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

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.

I love George Clooney; I think George is brilliant.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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