“I don't regret doing 'The Living Daylights'. If I hadn't done Bond, I wouldn't have been in America doing my series, and I would have had a different life.”

“In common with many who have a brain injury, I initially lost my confidence and felt very vulnerable, as if a protective layer of skin had been stripped away.”

“Life is good - we forget that.”

“Many people say that recovery from an aneurysm is like having a layer of skin ripped off - your experience of life is more intense.”

“The challenge of directing and interviewing helped me with confidence, and I learnt so much. If I hadn't had the brain hemorrhage, I might never have done it.”

“The thing is to appreciate the fragile wonder of it all, down to the last breath, down to the dying embers of consciousness.”

“To do a 'Bond' picture is a blessing but also a curse.”