A biography for Sean Conneryhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“I'm an actor - it's not brain surgery. If I do my job right, people won't ask for their money back.”
“Only 4 percent of all the companies owned in Scotland have their head offices in Scotland.”
“I like women. I don't understand them, but I like them.”
“If America had been discovered as many times as I have, no one would remember Columbus.”
“I just think the most difficult thing to displace is privilege.”
“I left Scotland when I was 16 because I had no qualifications for anything but the Navy, having left school at 13.”
“לא לכל הכוכבים יש פמליה. שון קונרי מזנק במעלה המדרגות, שתיים שתיים, לוחץ במהירות ידיים עם כולם, צונח מיד לכיסא כפרי בשל, פותח את התסריט שלו ומתחיל להתכונן." ~ סידני לומט, מתוך ספרו "עושים סרטים”
“קראו לי שון הרבה לפני שהייתי שחקן, היה לי חבר אירי כשהייתי בן 12 בשם שיימוס – מבוטא שי-מוס. אז הם כינו אותנו שיימוס ושון וזה נתקע.”
“מעולם לא אהבתי את בונד, כפי שחשבו כמה. יצירת דמות כזו אכן דורשת מלאכה מסוימת. זה פשוט טבעי לחפש תפקידים אחרים.”
“אני שחקן – זה לא ניתוח מוח. אם אני אעשה את עבודתי נכון, אנשים לא יבקשו להחזיר את כספם.”
“I am not a politician and I have no intention of being one.”
“There's a lot of fantasy about what Scotland is, and the shortbread tins and that sort of thing.”
“I've always been hopeful about Scotland's prospects. And I now believe more than ever that Scotland is within touching distance of achieving independence and equality.”
“I'm an easy target because of my political opinions.”
“It would almost need a Mafia-like offer I couldn't refuse to do another movie.”
“Perhaps I'm not a good actor, but I would be even worse at doing anything else.”
“I don't know anything about baseball.”
“There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in man.”
“I have always hated that damn James Bond. I'd like to kill him.”