Pierce Brosnan Quotes

I grew up right near Hollywood, and I wanted to be a filmmaker.

I never had any idea of going into movies.

I'm always looking for other interesting films to either act in or direct.

I still think that movies are amazing; I respect actors and directors.

I always loved movies. I wanted to be in them! I always saw them and said, 'How do you do that?' It seemed like going to the moon. It was not a rational thought, but that's the only thing I wanted to do.

I just love being on a movie set. I like making movies.

Was it my lifelong ambition to be in the movie business? No.

Maybe I will end up in the movies.

Obviously, I've been on sets before but nothing as big as 'Twilight.' You forget sometimes that you're on set of one of the biggest movies ever- so when you just sit back and think about it its just so incredible. It's such a great learning experience.

I can't say that I've made the transition to movies.

When I was young, my idea was to become a filmmaker.

You grow up loving movies, and your first instinct is you want to be an actor, because those are the people you see in the movies. But when you actually become an actor, you're like, 'Oh, wait, this is actually only a small portion of the storytelling. If I want to really tell a story, I'd want to be a director.'

When I saw 'Independence Day,' I said, 'I want to be like Will Smith.' I want to do something like that. If he can do it, maybe one day I can come close to a set like that.

Ever since I was a little kid, I told my mom that I want to go to Hollywood and make a 'Batman' movie.

I see myself starring in and producing major feature films.

I got to work with Dustin Hoffman on a film called 'Billy Bathgate.' I got to work with Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn and Bob Zemeckis on 'Death Becomes Her.' There are still a few actors out there that I would like to work with.

I think I spent my entire childhood on film sets, surrounded by film-makers and actors and people with magnetic energies who make movies.

I made movies with some very nice people, experienced actors.

I left Canada to come to Hollywood to make movies.

I wanted to do something in film. I wanted to make my own movies. Something clicked in my brain, like, 'Oh, I can physically act! I can go on open casting calls and audition for something.'

I used to be very photogenic. My brother took a lot of pictures of me in Dubai. I thought maybe I could be a movie star. There was a hurdle, though - I didn't know anything about films.

I had an interest in film, but I didn't want to go to Hollywood and make movies.

My ambition is very cinema-driven.

I don't champion the idea of being in a Hollywood movie. I never had fun in one of them.

Ultimately, I'd love to be able to work in film.