Early Films Quotes

My favorite Bond films are the really early ones, the first ones in fact, like 'Dr. No' and 'From Russia with Love.'

I never did my eyebrows in most of my early films.

I used to like watching Helen Mirren's early films, because she was always naked. It's titillating.

I loved early Paul Newman films. He just had this effortless charm.

I recall very early Mel Gibson films where he's kind of cheeky. I wanted to embody those qualities, definitely.

I can't complain about anything. It's like saying, "I don't like talkies." Time marches on and I don't care how people watch my movies as long as they see them. I don't care if they're on their phone. Believe me, if you ever want to watch my early films they would look a lot better on your phone than they would on a movie screen. The smaller the better.

The movies I made early on may not have been great, but they were all commercially successful.

It's funny, but three of my early films were with Liam Neeson, before Liam Neeson was a big star.

I'm a big fan of Steven Seagal early films. On Deadly Ground, I'll watch that anytime it comes on. That's one of the reasons I wanted to work with him. I remember that he's got a great eye for photography. There was a lot that I learned from that.

In people's minds, I'm a comic, so it took a lot of time before I was recognized as a director. I had to be patient until the public accepted me. As a result, my early films didn't get a lot of attention. As a serious film actor, things didn't take off, either. Only my comic talents were recognized.