- Is desperate to make a James Bond film with maverick movie-maker Quentin Tarantino. (May 21, 2004)
- Has dismissed fellow Irish actor Colin Farrell as a suitable new James Bond. (May 5, 2004)
- Entered show business as a teen runaway, working with the circus as a fire eater.
- Has hit out at the makers of James Bond following the uncertainty over his future in the 007 spy film series, accusing they "don't know what to do." (March 24, 2004)
- Would like to see Keira Knightley or Monica Bellucci the role of next Bond girl. (March 23, 2004)
- Is among a long list of Hollywood big-shots who are urging Californians to vote against the effort to recall Governor Gray Davis. (October 6, 2003)
- Has won control of the Internet name www.piercebrosnan.com in a ruling by a United Nations panel -- Arbitrators from the World Intellectual Property Organization ordered the transfer of the domain name to the actor, who had complained that it was being used illegally. (September 2, 2003)
- Brosnan will be made an honorary OBE or officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II -- The award will be presented by the British ambassador in Dublin, Stewart Eldon, on Saturday. (July 15, 2003)
- Brosnan is finalizing a deal to star in THE MATADOR, an indie thriller eyeing a year-end start date -Brosnan will play Julian Noble, a hit man who has a breakdown while on assignment in Mexico City, where he crosses paths with an ordinary, married businessman from Denver with problems of his own. (May 7, 2003)
- The spectacular show of pilfering in THE THOMAS CROWNE AFFAIR has obviously not sated his appetite for a spot of daring larceny -- Brosnan will once again have a whale of a time playing a master thief but this time in a movie which starts where most heist flicks end, AFTER THE SUNSET. (March 27, 2003)
- James Bond hit DIE ANOTHER DAY, starring Pierce Brosnan, helped boost investment in the British film industry to more than half a billion pounds last year - the British-based Film Council said the UK had provided the location for or been involved in the production of 115 films, including several blockbusters, in 2002, attracting $910 million of investment. (January 15, 2003)
- Brosnan knows he won't be playing Agent 007 forever, "It'll be interesting to see how I really kind of deal with it, you know, letting go, before somebody says, 'Get off the stage. (December 28, 2002)
- Asked who he would like to see as the next James Bond, he mentions Colin Salmon, who plays Robinson in the Bond movies - he thinks Salmon is a great actor. (December 28, 2002)
- Whereas Sean Connery had a devil of a time back in the '60s avoiding being typecast as James Bond, Brosnan seems to be having no such headache -- Brosnan's DIE ANOTHER DAY has so far taken in more than a quarter of a billion dollars internationally, but Brosnan also has just opened a modest period film, EVELYN, set in 1953 Ireland. (December 20, 2002)
- South Korea's largest Buddhist order protested Brosnan's James Bond movie DIE ANOTHER DAY as profaning the ancient religion and inciting inter-Korean conflict -- in the movie, Bond is up against an evil North Korean officer, Col. Moon, feared to be planning an invasion of South Korea and then Japan. (December 19, 2002)
- With the success of his fourth James Bond film, Pierce Brosnan's lock on the 007 franchise seems secure -- DIE ANOTHER DAY has earned more than $100 million in four weeks of release and producer Barbara Broccoli said that the James Bond team is happy with its star. (December 17, 2002)
- North Korea attacks Brosnan's movie -- in a challenge to Hollywood, North Korea's Secretariat of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland called on the United States to stop screening DIE ANOTHER DAY, saying the 20th James Bond feature proves that the United States is an empire of evil and the headquarters that spreads abnormality, degeneration, violence and corrupt sex culture. (December 16, 2002)
- Queen Elizabeth went to the movies on Monday to see her most famous secret agent James Bond celebrate 40 years as the silver screen's top spy -- she attended the glittering premiere of DIE ANOTHER DAY starring Brosnan as the debonair secret agent with enough guns, gadgets and girls to thwart any villain plotting world domination. (November 19, 2002)
- Critics are fuming over smoking Brosnan in the upcoming DIE ANOTHER DAY - Brosnan, who usually adopts an anti-smoking stance in his film choices, is seen puffing on a cigar in the new flick; London's Sunday Times, which published the offending image, says the actor and producers decided to go ahead with the stogie scene, because the movie is set in Cuba, home of the world's best cigars. (November 19, 2002)
- Brosnan unintentionally offended co-star Madonna on the set of new Bond movie DIE ANOTHER DAY by singing her breakthrough pop hit Like A Virgin - Madonna thought Brosnan was pulling her chain. (November 15, 2002)
- A group of friends and associates gathered at the MGM Screening Room Wednesday to watch EVELYN where Brosnan portray struggling father Desmond Doyle, a character worlds away from the smooth operators he usually inhabits on screen -- the low-profile film, which MGM will release under its United Artists label within two weeks of Brosnan's latest go-round as James Bond, is a movie dear to his heart. (November 13, 2002)
- Brosnan admitted he learned how to play James Bond by watching the original screen spy hero -- Sean Connery. (October 25, 2002)
- Brosnan will drink Finlandia Vodka instead of the usual Smirnoff in forthcoming James Bond, DIE ANOTHER DAY. (September 2002)
- He admits that the opportunity to film a love scene with Halle Berry in DIE ANOTHER DAY wasn't as great as most men would envision it to be. He says that the idea of stripping down with Halle was highly appealing - until it was put to practice.
- Brosnan scored high marks with viewers in the role of the sophisticated super sleuth Remington Steele, and it wasn't long before critics began touting Brosnan as the Bond apparent.
- Brosnan was chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. (1996)
- Brosnan was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. (1991)
- He purchased the typewriter of the James Bond creator, Ian Fleming, for £52,800.
- The very first film he claims to have seen is the 007 movie GOLDFINGER (1964).
- Was considered for the lead role in BATMAN (1989).
- Brosnan was voted Sexiest Man Alive by People Magazine in 2001.
- Brosnan was a member of the International Fund For Animal Welfare
- Brosnan and Keely Shaye Smith prepared for their marriage by meditating together at a monument to Brosnan's late wife Cassandra.
- Although it is alleged that his contract to play James Bond specifically prohibited him from appearing in other movies wearing a tuxedo, he nevertheless appears in a tuxedo in THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES, which followed Brosnan's first James Bond appearance in GOLDENEYE by more than a year.
- He was the hot favorite to replace Roger Moore in THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (1987) but was ruled out because of his contractual obligations to REMINGTON STEELE (1982). 'Neill, Sam' was also considered.
- His first appearance as James Bond was featured in GOLDENEYE (1995).
- In THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR, when Crown sees Catherine off after they meet at the museum (when he donates the painting) he gives the limo two taps on the hood to signal the driver. This was Pierce Brosnan's trademark sendoff to 'Fred' (Blake Clark) the driver in his breakthrough role, REMINGTON STEELE (1982)
- On the airplane scene in THE TAILOR OF PANAMA (2001), Osnard scrolls down a list of names on his computer. Pierce Brosnan is among the listed names.
- There are rumors that Pierce Brosnan wanted Brett Ratner, the director of RUSH HOUR 2, to direct DIE ANOTHER DAY (2002). However, Lee Tamahori was hired.
- Brosnan has mentioned that he would like to make two more Bond films after DIE ANOTHER DAY (2002).
- Nominated for Best Fight at MTV Movie Awards for Goldeneye (1996) - shared with Famke Janssen
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV at Golden Globe Awards for NANCY ASTOR (1985)
Quotes- Upon hearing rumors that Britney Spears was interested in Bond-girl status: "Bless her cotton socks and good luck to her."
- "I don't know where we go [after death], but [Cassie's] spirit's with me through all of this. It makes you want to get it right. For her memory, and for the kids too."
- "Our marriage (to Cassandra Harris) gives me a stability that makes me feel I can tackel the world"
- "Cassie (his late wife) has made me the man I am, the actor I am, the father I am. She's forever embedded in every fiber of my being."
- "These love scenes always sound so seductive and lovely and here you are with this beautiful woman, rolling around in the sack, so to speak, and then you have this director under sheets with you, trying to get the shot. If that's not enough, there's also cameras on either side of you." (about his love scene with Berry in DIE ANOTHER DAY).
- "I was touched by the Tibetan people and the culture which is surviving under great duress. It is a vocational school for young men which teaches them a variety of practical skills such as metalwork, so they can make and sell products that people need."
- "From '86 until the summer of last year, wherever I went, people would say, "You would have made a great James Bond! Weren't you going to be James Bond? You should have been, you could have been, you may have been." Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. It was like unfinished business in my life. I couldn't say no to it this time around."
Awards- Chicago International Film Festival: Career Achievement Award (2002)
- Women in Film Crystal Awards: Humanitarian Award (2001)
- Blockbuster Entertainment Award: Favorite Actor - Action, THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH (2000)
- Blockbuster Entertainment Award: Favorite Actor - Drama/Romance, THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (2000)
- Saturn Award: Best Actor, TOMORROW NEVER DIES (1998)
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