Pierce Brosnan Net Worth

Pierce Brosnan's Quotes

• [on his marriage to Cassandra Harris] Our marriage gives me a stability that makes me feel that I can tackle the world.
• [on his good looks] I don't see myself as the "Hunk of the Month".
• [about his deceased wife, Cassandra Harris] Cassie has made me the man I am, the actor I am, the father I am. She's forever embedded in every fiber of my being.
• [on why he thinks he would have regretted winning the James Bond role in 1986] It's a role better suited to someone who is in his 40s, old enough to have the confidence and the sophistication and strength to be able to stand there and just let the moment sit. Bond is a man with the greatest of confidence. And playing that takes practice. In 1986 I think I was 33 or something like that, and I still looked like a baby. Finally, I'm growing into this face of mine. That takes time.
• [about the movie industry] There's too many people in seats of power who just haven't got a clue what they're doing. They're bean counters, and it just pisses me off because consequently our kids go to see this crap movie . . . there's nothing with meaningfulness.

Interesting Facts about Pierce Brosnan

1. He adopted his first wife Cassandra Harris' children, Charlotte Brosnan (b. 1971, d. 2013) and Christopher Brosnan (b. 1973), after their father died in 1986.
2. Pierce Brosnan was sworn in as a United States citizen on 23 September 2004 at the U.S. District Court House in Los Angeles. He also holds Irish citizenship. He was made a Freeman of Navan, County Meath, Ireland (the town he lived in until he moved to England in 1964) on 11 November 1999. His primary residence is in Malibu, California.
3. Owns his own production company, Irish DreamTime. Its first release was The Nephew (1998).
4. Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful" people in the world. [1996]
5. Chosen by People magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" in the world. [1991]
6. The very first film he claims to have seen is the 007 movie Goldfinger (1964).
7. Enjoys fishing on the River Towy in Carmarthenshire, South Wales. Jimmy Carter (former American President) also enjoys the same fishing spot.
8. At the Genesis Awards Ceremony, reunited with Remington Steele (1982) co-star Stephanie Zimbalist. [1996]
9. On December 28, 1991, one day after their 11th wedding anniversary, his wife, Cassandra Harris, died in his arms. She died of ovarian cancer. Sadly, the same disease would claim the life of Harris' daughter (and Brosnan's stepdaughter) Charlotte in 2013.
10. Brosnan's mother, May Smith, was 19 when she gave birth to him. She had married his father, Thomas, on August 16, 1952. However, his parents separated when he was still a baby, and from the age of 4 he was raised by his maternal grandparents, Philip and Kathleen Smith, while his mother went to London to train as a nurse. When he was 6, both grandparents died and he was passed around amongst relatives until Eileen Reilly took him into her lodging house. Finally, when he was 10, his mother was able to take him to her home in Putney, London. While in London, May had met a man, named Bill Carmichael, who had asked her to marry him, but she wanted approval from her son. Pierce gave his approval and the couple were married. From that point on, Bill treated Pierce as his real son and they got along fine. It was Bill who took Pierce to see his first Bond movie, Goldfinger (1964), and it was at that point that decided to take up acting.
11. At the age of 11 he was almost six feet tall, making him a target of bullies.
12. Voted "Sexiest Man Alive" by People Magazine in 2001.
13. Is claustrophobic, which made the filming of certain scenes in Dante's Peak (1997) very difficult.
14. He was voted sixth in the Orange 2001 film survey of greatest British film actors ever.
15. In addition to his salary for his James Bond movies, Brosnan received a car. The BMW Z3 from GoldenEye (1995), an 8-series BMW (instead of the 750iL) from Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), and the Z8 from The World Is Not Enough (1999).
16. Early in his screen career, he portrayed the title role in the TV series, Remington Steele (1982). His character was a career criminal gone "straight" as a private investigator, with an amazing knowledge of and obsession with classic cinema. In the episode, Remington Steele: To Stop a Steele (1983) (original air date 2/11/83, episode 15), Steele equates the case he is working on to The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), starring Faye Dunaway and Steve McQueen. Sixteen years later, Brosnan starred in the remake of that movie, The Thomas Crown Affair (1999).
17. He was given an honorary OBE by Britain's ambassador to Ireland, Stewart Eldon, on 8/19/03. Honorary OBEs are awarded on merit by the Queen to non-British citizens who have made an important contribution to British interests. The award formally makes him "an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire".
18. After the release of Die Another Day (2002), he was approached by a man in a Dublin bar who asked to shake his hand. He complied and then cracked up when the man said, "That's the closest my hand will ever get to Halle Berry's arse [butt].".
19. He says that his favorite Bond films are From Russia with Love (1963) and For Your Eyes Only (1981), and that his least favorite Bond film is On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969).
20. He studied under Yat Malmgren, a dancer and drama teacher who also worked with Sean Connery in the 1950s and is credited with helping him develop a strong sense of movement and presence.