Sean Connery Quotes

Sean Connery feels like a wise, reflective voice about life and daring.

14 quotes

1. I suppose more than anything else I'd like to be an old man with a good face, like Hitchcock or Picasso. They know that life is not just a popularity contest.

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

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

7. 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'.

8. Your background and environment is with you for life. No question about that.

9. Sometimes a woman just needs to be slapped.

10. If you have to resort to violence, you've already lost.

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

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

13. There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in man.

14. I've never kept a record of anything.