It was tough to try to be serious in front of Halle Berry and Pierce Brosnan with all this stuff in my face. There's never been a character that's looked this extreme.

Part of my heritage being Korean, it's going to be interesting going to Korea and answering these questions dealing with North and South Korea.

Jaws was still a handsome, big guy. He got the girl. He was my favorite villain. I tried to make this guy endearing somewhat because all he wanted to do was unite his country.

When you have a background in combat sports, people think you're this martial arts expert, but really I'm just a guy who is able to do certain things without making a mess of himself.

They shaved my head, eyebrows. This is not a sci-fi picture. It's not a fantasy picture. You're dealing with something that's supposed to be in reality. But we had a genius makeup artist.

In a lot of ways, the make-up was the character.

Since I was a kid I've wanted to be in a Bond movie.

To be here today is just beyond my wildest dreams.

I was worried about being the nut that ruined 40 years of Bond history.

I was thinking about that, about what lines you'd be willing to cross if someone took your loved one or child.

I can't understand why anyone would want nuclear warheads. If you shoot them off, it's not like you can take over that country - all you do is kill millions of people.

The only thing on Earth you can count on is that there is nothing on Earth you can count on.

One of these days the people of Louisiana are going to get good government - and they aren't going to like it.

I don't *ever* write about real people. Art is supposed to be better than that. If you want a slice of life, look out the window.

No one can solve an issue where there is no economic model yet.

Fame is not won on downy plumes nor under canopies; the man who consumes his days without obtaining it leaves such mark of himself on earth as smoke in air or foam on water.

After all my various relationships I find myself now home alone.

To be only spectacular should be 5 or 10 percent of cinema.

To collaborative team members, completing one another is more important than competing with one another.

i couldn't speak the language of his feelings

Never be embarrassed by the things you cannot do. Be embarrassed by the things you can do and don't do well.