Timothy Dalton

“Shakespeare is the best writer, a great storyteller.”

“I wanted to make Bond a human being. The character Ian Fleming created is a man, not a superman; he's a flawed hero.”

“The best thing you can do is to be yourself.”

“I think a lot of people have a problem with the fact that I've been a bit of a chameleon, but I don't think that's a bad thing.”

“You have to have a sense of your own history. It's not a bad thing to have a sense of where you've come from.”

“Good acting is about being truthful. It's not about showing off.”

“My interpretation was to try to be as close to the original books as possible. I went back to the books and read them. They're very good.”

“There's a sense of humor at the heart of everything, you know.”

“The essence of any kind of drama is conflict.”

“I think it's very important to get a sense of what the story is you're telling.”

“I've always been a private person. I'm not a public property.”

“I came in to read for Bond, and I was in my early twenties. I'd just left drama school. I was a kid.”

“I like to do things that are different. I like to be surprised.”