Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brendan Brosnan OBE Honis an Irish actor and film producer who after leaving comprehensive school at age 16, began training in commercial illustration. He then went on to train at the Drama Centre in London for three years. Following a stage acting career he rose to popularity in the television series Remington Steele, which blended the genres of romantic comedy, drama, and detective procedural. After the conclusion of Remington Steele, Brosnan appeared in films such as the Cold War...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth16 May 1953
CityDrogheda, Ireland
CountryIreland
Once I found acting and found that I could get away with it and make a living out of it, I was thrilled.
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 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.
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.
My mother was the prettiest woman in the town. He was a bit older than her. They made me. And he split.
Dark comedy is very difficult. You have to bring the audience in and push them away at the same time.
It will be very hard to get out of Bond. It will be the pictures I do between Bonds that will color my career, that will give my career longevity after this franchise is over ... I will be stamped with this character for life.
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.
Everyone can make a real difference. Your voice is needed in a global movement that can change their world.
I had to have some balls to be Irish Catholic in South London. Most of that time I spent fighting.
I should like to think that we'll find peace on this Earth at some point and come to a collective consciousness of COMPASSION for each other, where we say, 'Enough! Let us live as one!'
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.
That's it. I've said all I've got to say on the world of James Bond.
Together we are stronger, our voices louder, and the synergy of our actions more powerful. Together we can prevail on the Navy to put commonsense safeguards in place, like requiring its ships to avoid the most sensitive marine mammal habitats and to stop their training exercises during peak migrations.