I left Scotland when I was 16 because I had no qualifications for anything but the Navy, having left school at 13.
SEAN CONNERYEveryone talks about how they knew the Bond films were going to be a success, but it simply isn’t true.
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You know, the Oscar I was awarded for The Untouchables is a wonderful thing, but I can honestly say that I’d rather have won the U.S. Open Golf Tournament.
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If America had been discovered as many times as I have, no one would remember Columbus.
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More than anything else, I’d like to be an old man with a good face, like Hitchcock or Picasso.
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Some age, others mature.
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I never trashed a hotel room or did drugs.
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I’m swimming every day and I’m even trying to get the golf swing working again – but that might take a little bit longer.
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I just think the most difficult thing to displace is privilege.
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I am not an Englishman, I was never an Englishman, and I don’t ever want to be one. I am a Scotsman! I was a Scotsman and I will always be one.
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There’s always a new challenge to keep you motivated.
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Everything I have done or attempted to do for Scotland has always been for her benefit, never my own and I defy anyone to prove otherwise.
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Only 4 percent of all the companies owned in Scotland have their head offices in Scotland.
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I don’t think I’ll ever act again. I have so many wonderful memories, but those days are over.
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The Irish seem to have more fire about them than the Scots.
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I unfortunately don’t speak French, but my wife is now fluent in English, which really reflects rather badly on me.
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I’m fed up with the idiots… the ever-widening gap between people who know how to make movies and the people who green-light the movies.
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