"Bond is a classic archetype character, a character that's embedded in our heads forever, one of a lone warrior setting out to avenge a nation - and you find that character across cultures."

"I started as a journalist for magazines in New York City, so it was always storytelling. And moving into movies was a natural transition."

"To paraphrase Jane Austen, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a married man in possession of a vast fortune must be in want of a newer, younger wife."

"The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success."

"Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."

"Being a Barrymore didn't help me, other than giving me a great sense of pride and a strange spiritual sense that I felt OK about having the passion to act. It made sense because my whole family had done it and it helped rationalise it for me."

"Beauty comes from a life well lived. If you've lived well, your smile lines are in the right places, and your frown lines aren't too bad, what more do you need?"

"I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself."