Sean Connery Quotes

I never trashed a hotel room or did drugs. ~ Sean Connery

I've always wanted to work with Sean Connery - there's something about his style, and his calm, cool demeanor that I find intriguing. ~ Kelsey Chow

James Bond in his Sean Connery days ... was the first well-known bachelor on the American scene who was not a drifter or a degenerate and did not eat out of cans. ~ Barbara Ehrenreich

My first big break came when I was five years old. It's taken me more than seventy years to realise that. You see, at five I first learnt to read. It's that simple and it's that profound. ~ Sean Connery

Either what we hold to be right and good and true IS right and good and true, for all mankind, or we're just another robber tribe. ~ Sean Connery

To cultivate an English accent is already a departure away from what you are. ~ Sean Connery

If anything could have pulled me out of retirement, it would have been an Indiana Jones film. ~ Sean Connery

I'm looking for Commander James Bond, not an overgrown stunt man. [on meeting Sean Connery] ~ Ian Fleming

I left Scotland when I was 16 because I had no qualifications for anything but the Navy, having left school at 13. ~ Sean Connery

People used to call me Bond in the street. It was impossible to avoid crowds of people all over the place and blinding flashguns. The Beatles had to run the gauntlet as well, but at least there were four of them! ~ Sean Connery

I just think the most difficult thing to displace is privilege. ~ Sean Connery

I don't think there is anything particularly wrong in hitting a woman, though I don't recommend you do it the same way that you hit a man. ~ Sean Connery

I met my wife through playing golf. She is French and couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak French, so there was little chance of us getting involved in any boring conversations - that's why we got married really quickly. ~ Sean Connery

I'm an actor - it's not brain surgery. If I do my job right, people won't ask for their money back. ~ Sean Connery

I find that fame tends to turn one from an actor and a human being into a piece of merchandise, a public institution. ~ Sean Connery

A martini. Shaken, not stirred. ~ Sean Connery

Perhaps I'm not a good actor, but I would be even worse at doing anything else. ~ Sean Connery

If I was Sean Connery, I would have been macho. ~ Patrick Macnee

Everything I have done or attempted to do for Scotland has always been for her benefit, never my own and I defy anyone to prove otherwise. ~ Sean Connery

I once read somewhere that Sean Connery left school at the age of 13 and later went on to read Proust and Finnegans Wake and I keep expecting to meet an enthusiastic school leaver on the train, the type of person who only ever reads something because it is marvellous (and so hated school). Unfortunately the enthusiastic school leavers are all minding their own business. ~ Helen DeWitt

Sean Connery wasn't the Scottish James Bond and Daniel Craig wasn't the blue-eyed James Bond. So if I played him, I don't want to be called the black James Bond. ~ Idris Elba

An actor is supposed to emulate life. Instead, alas, many are imitating other actors. You don't fashion your knowledge of theatre or your approach to a role on the basis of what other actors have done. This kind of thinking is a great danger, especially in dealing with TV producers who frequently say things like, 'This is a Sean Connery type.' ~ Theodore Bikel

Everyone talks about how they knew the Bond films were going to be a success, but it simply isn't true. ~ Sean Connery

I admit I'm being paid well, but it's no more than I deserve. After all, I've been screwed more times than a hooker. ~ Sean Connery

When you hear someone from the very north of Scotland speaking, I think its nice, very musical and harmonious. ~ Sean Connery

Nothing is impossible, only mathematically improbable. ~ Sean Connery

I have always hated that damn James Bond. I'd like to kill him. ~ Sean Connery

Sean Connery, in Vyshny Volochyok
in the rain on a drizzly solo trek,
said, "forgetting my sweater
has made me much wetter.
I certainly do miss my polo-neck."
- Arthur Shappey, Limerick, Cabin Pressure ~ John David Finnemore

Only 4 percent of all the companies owned in Scotland have their head offices in Scotland. ~ Sean Connery

After I began to make some money, my brain-damaged accountant put me in one business after another that went bad. The only one that panned out was a small bank, an old Scottish firm with London offices in Pall Mall. I was a director. We sold out to a larger bank. That was the only successful venture I've had, apart from acting. ~ Sean Connery

I take the good with the bad. I can't love people in slices. ~ Sean Connery

Only the penitent man will pass... ~ Rob MacGregor

She remembers an eerily young Sean Connery, in that first James Bond film, using fine clear Scottish spit to paste one of his gorgeous black hairs across the gap between the jamb and the door of his hotel room. ~ William Gibson

I grew up on the Roger Moore and Sean Connery Bond movies, so the DNA of my spies is extremely ridiculous and goofy. ~ Nick Harkaway

It would almost need a Mafia-like offer I couldn't refuse to do another movie. ~ Sean Connery

Most movies shot in Italian don't even bother to record the sound. In fact, sometimes when Fellini works, he doesn't even know what the dialogue is going to be, and he simply has his characters count from 1 to 10, knowing he will loop in their dialogue later. ~ Sean Connery

The problem with my mind is it sways from side to side. The idea of me fantasizing about becoming an actor quickly led to depression. 'No, it was never going to happen to me.' I was a sixteen-year-old kid on the other side of the world from where they made movies. Scottish actors never really got play. There was Sean Connery, and that was it. ~ Gerard Butler

I'm fed up with the idiots ... the ever-widening gap between people who know how to make movies and the people who green-light the movies. ~ Sean Connery

The great Jack Nicklaus summed things up neatly during a charity match on the Old Course at St. Andrews where he and I were playing against Ben Crenshaw and Glen Campbell. I asked him what he considered to be the most important factor to overcome in the game of golf. His reply, "It's an unfair game." ~ Sean Connery

Bond's introduction: "Bond. James Bond." Repeated in 17 subsequent Bond films. Number One in the Top Ten Most Famous Movie Quotes. -The Guinness Book of Film ~ Sean Connery

My view is that to get anywhere in life you have to be anti-social, otherwise you'll end up being devoured. I've never been particularly social, anyway, but if I've ever been rude, fifty per cent of it has usually been provoked by other people's attitudes. Though I do admit, like most Celts, I'm moody. It's fine until people try to cheer you up with gems like, 'snap out of it' or 'Come on, now'. ~ Sean Connery

I've never kept a record of anything. I gave away everything: all the posters, the memorabilia that would have been helpful - and financially rewarding. ~ Sean Connery

Tarantulas have also received a lot of
bad press in the movies. Many movies
and television programs starring such
noted actors as Sean Connery, The
Three Stooges, Harrison Ford, and
William Shatner, have featured tarantulas
as dangerous to humans or menaces to
civilization. The Tarantula That Ate Tokyo
is a long-standing joke among horrormovie buffs. The fact is that these
movies play with the ignorance and fears
passed on for generations by unenlightened people. Nobody would pay to see
the movie The Beagle That Ate Boston
since everybody knows what a beagle
really is. Few know tarantulas as well. ~ Stanley A Schultz

The media already attempts to assassinate my character in Scotland when I'm there, so my position is much more effective if I'm outside Scotland and am part of the voice of what the Scottish National Party is about. ~ Sean Connery

I don't think I'll ever act again. I have so many wonderful memories, but those days are over. ~ Sean Connery

I am not an Englishman, I was never an Englishman, and I don't ever want to be one. I am a Scotsman! I was a Scotsman and I will always be one. ~ Sean Connery

I could take Sean Connery in a fight ... I could definitely take him. ~ Harrison Ford

You know, the Oscar I was awarded for The Untouchables is a wonderful thing, but I can honestly say that I'd rather have won the U.S. Open Golf Tournament. ~ Sean Connery

I haven't found anywhere in the world where I want to be all the time. The best of my life is the moving. I look forward to going. ~ Sean Connery

There are women who take it to the wire. That's what they are looking for, the ultimate confrontation. They want a smack. ~ Sean Connery

I've never really fancied Mexican food. A taco rather minds me of a puncture outfit. ~ Sean Connery

My dear girl, there are some things that just aren't done, such as drinking Dom Perignon '53 above the temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit. That's just as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs! ~ Sean Connery

the pace at which Sean Connery speaks stems from a decision he's made. And every single vowel delivered is with respect for the language. But he delivers it so naturally and with so much humanity that you don't realize that, technically, he is giving a master class in how to deliver a line. ~ Ron Perlman

There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way. ~ F. Murray Abraham

There's one major difference between James Bond and me. He is able to sort out problems! ~ Sean Connery

I have no shortage of material or offers, it's just a case of what you select to do. But I think it's realistic that my chances of playing Romeo are now over. ~ Sean Connery

I've never kept a record of anything. ~ Sean Connery

Ever since the introduction of psychoanalysis there have been too many terms to excuse behavior and phrases that can be [used] to explain everything. ~ Sean Connery

I am not a politician and I have no intention of being one. ~ Sean Connery

I've never had a voice coach, but I am about to name drop horrendously here: I did once get some advice on how to project my voice from Sean Connery, which was lovely. It's all about where you breathe. That's my claim to fame. ~ Nicola Sturgeon

The varying physical characteristics of the actors may also necessitate changes. Sean Connery is six feet four. Dustin Hoffman isn't. ~ Sidney Lumet

When you see the documentary, you'll see that there were parallels. Michael and I both wanted Daniel Craig, and it was the same as it was for Cubby and Harry when they wanted Sean [Connery]. The studio wanted a star and wanted an American, and wanted this and that, but they determined, "No, it's Sean Connery." ~ Barbara Broccoli

If you have to resort to violence, you've already lost. ~ Sean Connery

There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in man. ~ Sean Connery

If America had been discovered as many times as I have, no one would remember Columbus. ~ Sean Connery

I don't know anything about baseball. ~ Sean Connery

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. ~ Sean Connery

There's a lot of fantasy about what Scotland is, and the shortbread tins and that sort of thing. ~ Sean Connery

The terrible beauty is that in the brotherhood of golf we are all the same - certifiable. ~ Sean Connery

The key to a woman's heart is an unexpected gift at an unexpected time. ~ Sean Connery

It's not the worst thing to slap a woman now and then. ~ Sean Connery

May God grant us the wisdom to discover right, the will to choose it, and the strength to make it endure. ~ Sean Connery

I was reminded of the time I got a free upgrade to first class, where I sat right next to Sean Connery. Tongue-tied, I couldn't think of a thing to say besides, "You're Sean Connery," of which presumably he was aware. ~ Lionel Shriver

If you fear nothing, you love nothing. If you love nothing, what joy can there be in life? ~ Sean Connery

I once waited on Sean Connery. A long time ago. This was at the Caledonian Hotel in Edinburgh. They closed down the restaurant for him, and when he walked in with his morning paper, all the waitresses started squealing. He was a big guy, bigger than in the movies. ~ Tony D'Souza

Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Sean Connery and Robert Redford, Mel Gibson - at least in the Road Warrior films - and Harrison Ford are among my favorite actors. Meryl Streep, Jane Fonda, Sally Field, Deborah Winger, Jessica Lange, and of course, Shirley MacLaine, are among the women. ~ Frederick Lenz

Some age, others mature. ~ Sean Connery

Sometimes a woman just needs to be slapped. ~ Sean Connery

Michelle Pfeiffer hasn't been finding a lot of work recently because she doesn't like what a woman her age is offered. That's a real double standard. You get Sean Connery, who gets older and older, still playing opposite young ladies, but it doesn't work the other way around. ~ Denzel Washington

I don't understand if you get caught in a fight, but take it out on a room, how that implies some psychiatric disorder. ~ Sean Connery

But as a Scot with a lifelong love of Scotland and the arts, I believe the opportunity of independence is too good to miss. Simply put there is no more creative an act than creating a new nation. ~ Sean Connery

I find if I just sit down and think, a solution presents itself. ~ Sean Connery

Love may not make the world go round, but I must admit that it makes the ride worthwhile. ~ Sean Connery

Personally I give us ... one chance of three. ~ Sean Connery

I'm making good money but I ain't rich. Even if I don't wanna rap I still gotta work. Pride don't feed the babies. I'm going to do whatever it takes. As long as my fingers and toes move Im'ma get money. ~ Sean Price

she began as always. "To let Mr. Michelson ~ Andrew Sean Greer

The reason people get lost in thought is that it's unfamiliar territory. ~ Sean Keogh

Any time the character is in a moral quandary is interesting. That's been true from the Greeks on down. ~ Robert Sean Leonard

That was your past, Michelle. You can't live in the past.
Sure you can, Sean. If you're not too thrilled with your future. ~ David Baldacci

I'm not impressed by people's degrees. Harvard doesn't impress me, Yale doesn't impress me, Columbia doesn't impress me. ~ Sean Hannity

There was a combination of not wanting to look a gift horse in the mouth, but also really not wanting to be stuck in Lord of the Rings for the rest of my life, and being desperate to kind of make sure that I could do something else with my life. ~ Sean Astin

What are you burning?" On a glance, just some papers.
"I write in a journal." He spoke below his breath, so that his words weren't quite for me. "Because I like to see everything written down. So that I know it really happened. That I wasn't just making it up. Then I read it and memorize it. And then I have to destroy the hard evidence."
I thought of my own journal, the muddle of every page. All those unfiltered, lunatic letters to Sean Ryan.
"What is it, exactly, that you need to destroy?"
"Everything that I don't want to be true. ~ Adele Griffin

A paparazzo once jumped out of a car and started running backward with me. I slowed down out of courtesy because she started drifting into the street. I reached out my hand and moved her back so she didn't get hit by a bus. ~ Sean Astin

I believe that Sean Quinn wouldn't be a man at all if he let someone steal his family's assets. ~ Sean Quinn

I've been fortunate enough to travel the world because of my career, but the downside has been spending long spells apart from my daughters. ~ Sean Bean

Working in the digital domain, you're using approximations of things; the actual sound wave never enters the equation. You deal with sections of it, and you're able to do so much more by just reducing the information to a finite amount. ~ Sean Booth

People tune in to the Fox News Channel because it was founded on the premise that all sides should be presented fairly. This has upset the 'media establishment' but has made Fox the most powerful name in the news. I'm proud that Hannity & Colmes has contributed to this success, an achievement that has been often dissected by liberal media pundits who argue that Sean is more aggressive than I am and therefore dominates the show. ~ Alan Colmes

My father asked me once why I was so lazy, why I did not want the world. He asked me what I wanted, and though I did not answer then, because I did not know, and followed old conventions even to the altar, I know it now. It is long past time to answer the question - and I see you, old Arthur, old love, looking up to that silhouette on your porch - what do I want? After choosing the path people wanted, the man who would do, the easy way out of things - your eyes wide in surprise as you see me - after holding it all in my hands and refusing it, what do I want from life?

And I say: "Less! ~ Andrew Sean Greer

I went through the natural process that most actors go through. I brought myself out here, had an audition on a Wednesday; then had a call-back on Thursday, had a call-back on Friday and I had it by Friday afternoon. ~ Sean Mahon

I think we have a perception of transvestites all being the same, as one block. It's not one mass or tribe. Everybody's got a different story. ~ Sean Bean