“down to the final hurdle. But there is trouble amongst the decision makers in coming to a conclusion on where to take Bond next. ... There are still a number in the running.”
“He felt Bond should be hard and fatalistic, and make no attempt to endear himself to the audience, who should dislike him until they get to know him and appreciate he is their idea of an efficient agent.”
“Now the choice has finally been made, you've put the story on the front page and produced the sort of collection of special reports that usually accompanies a major news event, not the announcement of the casting of one tired old film role.”
“What we really need is to get back some of the optimism [in the Middle East peace process] we had five years ago and I'm sure there's going to be a change in the climate within a week,”
“That's the final nail in the last bastion of British cinema. Someone should say stop. If JK Rowling said: 'No, it has to be made in the UK,' surely someone would listen.”
