Tricia Helfer Quotes

The spy genre is something which, as a fan of movies, a movie geek myself, I just love that cinematic joy that they bring.

In TV, and in particular in commercials, you don't really need to explain very much at all - you just say he's a spy and he's a little bit theatrical and overblown and smug and he's not very good at his job.

'Homeland' is a thriller with a lot of cloak and dagger spy stuff, which is one of the things that makes it so much fun.

Sometimes James Bond movies drive me crazy. They're fun to watch, but they don't have anything to do at all with what intelligence officers really do.

The Mitch Rapp novels are as thrilling and entertaining as they are relevant. I am delighted to be given the opportunity to translate them to the screen.

One of my favorite authors to read is Eric Ambler, who helped pioneer the form of realistic suspense novels.

When you're watching a Bond movie, if there's a violent death, there's something about cleverly chosen twists, or what props are used, or some way that he's doing something that feels like an ironic twist, that feels like it gives the audience permission to enjoy watching it and to enjoy watching something that's otherwise just brutality.

Every time I tell someone that I'm doing 'Spooks,' they're like, 'Wow!' That's a guaranteed reaction. It's such a high-end show, it's so sexy and slick and smooth.

I think it was the sense that Turn is a spy thriller, and that's a genre that really fascinates me, in general.

That's it. I've said all I've got to say on the world of James Bond.

Some disaster movies look like you're watching someone else play video games. They're fun but it's not real.

We're trying to reinvent Bond. He's 28 - no Q, no gadgets.

I'm a huge fan of the 'James Bond' genre.

I always liked spy stories.

I'd like to do an action film like Angelina Jolie's 'Salt.'

Young people looking for adventure fiction now generally turn to fantasy, but for those of a certain age, the spy thriller has long been the escape reading of choice.

When you really study espionage movies, or spy movies, the beginnings are really set up to have, like, an amazing bit of action, but at the moment you're watching it, you have no idea why or what it's about.

In 1996, when my first novel, 'Masquerade,' was published, I knew international thrillers - or spy novels, if you prefer - had been the domain of male authors for decades.

What I would love is a crossover between 'Royal Pains' and 'Burn Notice,' that we could be involved in some sort of gun play intrigue. I would really love that because we have no guns. We have nowhere near enough explosions and guns on the set.

It's a thrilling world, and people really like stories about secrets, which is the essence of a spy drama.

I've always loved the Bond films.

Daniel Craig is brilliant as Bond: there is no question about that. But it's a different Bond. It's the cross pollination of 'The Bourne Identity' and 'James Bond;' that kind of style of filmmaking.

I love watching the Bond movies obviously and I grew up reading the books as a kid. I've always loved them because of that.

Usually bad guys are much more fun to play and much more interesting to watch.

I love 'The Americans.' I think it's one of the best shows on TV.