I wasn't a spy. I'd have been spotted in five seconds. Yes, I was in intelligence, but that covered a multitude of things.

You have to make adjustments on speed and awareness. It's like five seconds quicker; everything's quicker.

There are certain things producers ask you to do, and when I was starting out, I said yes to everything. I was asked, for 'Quo Vadis,' to drive a chariot. I said, 'Oh yes. I'm licenced for all vehicles.' Two days later, I was sitting in this dustbin with two very aggressive horses. I didn't stay in it for long.

Ian Fleming was my cousin, you know. He was in naval intelligence.

You get irritated with that horn going off every five seconds.

You have five seconds to enjoy it and then you remember who you didn't thank.