The 'Bourne' films totally reimagined and elevated the action genre.
I love the combination of the words 'spies' and 'Balkans.' It's like meat and potatoes.
I like lassic British spy thrillers. Seriously. If the cold war was still on, that's something I'd be writing.
I never wanted to be a Cold War novelist.
Casino Royale' was fabulous and I saw 'Bourne Identity' over and over again.
I'm the first to admit that I like going to, or my memories at least of going to Clint Eastwood movies or Charles Bronson or James Bond.
I grew up watching James Bond and Star Wars and I just love that kind of action. I love trying to see if *I* can actually do it.
I'm a huge fan of the 'James Bond' genre.
I love looking at the old Bond films. Maybe it's purely out of reminiscence, the nostalgic things you think about. But there were some very good films made, and I think that the public has enjoyed them, too.
I'm pretty omnivorous - in fact, I don't think of books in terms of genres. J. K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter' books are no more Y.A. reading, to me, than John le Carre's 'Smiley' novels are spy stories.
I love 'Bond' movies, I love spy movies.
I've always loved spy stories. Who can resist?
When I was a kid, I wasn't looking at the small-budget films myself. I was looking at 'James Bond' and all the major films, so I still have that energy. I still love those films.
Obviously, anyone who has seen Mr. and Mrs. Smith knows that husband and wife married spies is something that I find particularly interesting.
I'm sure, in real life, spying is boring - there's probably a lot of sitting around and plenty of paperwork. But the world seems to think that spying is exciting, and that's how movies get made.
I think, primarily, we love spy thrillers, and I think, instinctively, we love the tension that those thrillers can bring.
I grew up on genre - on Westerns, spy thrillers, sci-fi, fantasy novels, horror novels. Especially horror novels.
I've been lucky enough to kiss three James Bonds on screen: Pierce Brosnan, George Lazenby and Daniel Craig.
That world of spies and espionage, there's a coldness to it. That's what makes those worlds fascinating - and what makes le Carre's work so interesting.
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.
We do nods to Charlie's Angels and Mission Impossible because they are popular with our fan base.
