Sean Bean

“I seem to be quite drawn to the medieval, magical fantasies, as it were.”

“I miss a lot about England when I'm working away, even the slate grey skies.”

“The stigma of movie actors doing television is gone now.”

“It's important to enjoy who you are and to appreciate things around you.”

“I really got my money's worth from colleges in Sheffield and Rotherham because I kept dropping out, and I wasn't sure what I wanted to do at first, like a lot of teenagers.”

“006 was such an interesting character and the film really explored his friendship with Bond and how it all went wrong, so it was a very personal journey for both characters.”

“I love doing just nothing in my free time.”

“It is great filming in London. It's difficult, but it looks good. It has its own identity.”

“It took a while to adapt to life in London, but six months into my course at RADA, I felt very at home.”

“I think that you always have something left, that you take something of the character with you.”

“Anyone who says they are a hard man - they aren't.”

“I've been into lots of auditions, and I'm sure I've lost a lot of jobs through that because I'm pretty dreadful at reading.”

“My first professional role was in 'Romeo and Juliet,' and I played Tybalt, who was Romeo's enemy, in a small production of that in the U.K.”

“It's strange coming back to Northern Ireland, but it feels like a home away from home.”

“I think Daniel Craig is brilliant as Bond. I remember at the beginning, they were all saying, 'Oh, he won't work,' and I thought, 'Yeah, you watch.'”

“I bought a Jaguar when I was 28. I'd always wanted one. I had it for years, then my friend had it, then my dad had it. It was a good workhorse.”

“I have gotten a couple of letters meant for Mr. Bean aka Rowan Atkinson. These letters would say things like, 'You're so funny, you make me laugh, with your big rubbery face,' and I would say, 'You can't mean me!'”

“Apprenticeships are the real nitty-gritty way of creating an efficient, skillful and vibrant workforce.”

“There are so many stories to be told, by so many good writers.”

“I used to play a lot of villains. You have to break out of it, and I did.”