Post by mkelly on Feb 22, 2023 14:12:46 GMT -5
CELEBRITY 60-second profile: Pierce Brosnan
April 20, 1986 | Providence Journal (RI)
Page: M-04 | Section: MAGAZINE
Occupation: Actor.
Age: 32.
Birthplace: County Meath, Ireland.
Current home: Hollywood Hills, Calif.
Marital status: Married to Cassandra Harris for a very long time.
Children: Charlotte, 14, Christopher, 12, and Sean, 2.
Nicknames: In school I was called Irish; my family calls me The Big Cheese.
Working on: TV's Remington Steele and the movie Nomads.
Last good movie seen: Hannah and Her Sisters.
TV program I stayed home to watch: The Price, about Irish terrorists.
Books I've been recommending: The Kindness of Strangers: The Life of Tennessee Williams, by Donald Spoto, and Poland, by James Michener.
Favorite performer: Buster Keaton.
Favorite childhood memory: A family of gypsies used to take me out to play. It was a magical time.
Nobody knows I'm: A hypochondriac.
I'd give anything to have met: Gandhi.
When nobody's looking, I: Sit there looking dumb.
I want to teach my children: That life is full of surprises, and you'd better be ready for them.
People who knew me in school thought I was: Arrogant.
Worst time of my life: My childhood. It was lonely and bleak. I didn't have a mother or a father; I was brought up by the Christian Brothers.
Best time of my life: Right now; I'm successful, I make money, I've got a beautiful home, my children are happy, my wife is happy. What more could a man ask?
My friends like me because: I'm easygoing, I've got a decent sense of humor, I laugh at myself and I give good dinner parties.
Behind my back they say: Horrible things.
If I've learned one thing in life, it's: That nothing comes from nothing.
April 20, 1986 | Providence Journal (RI)
Page: M-04 | Section: MAGAZINE
Occupation: Actor.
Age: 32.
Birthplace: County Meath, Ireland.
Current home: Hollywood Hills, Calif.
Marital status: Married to Cassandra Harris for a very long time.
Children: Charlotte, 14, Christopher, 12, and Sean, 2.
Nicknames: In school I was called Irish; my family calls me The Big Cheese.
Working on: TV's Remington Steele and the movie Nomads.
Last good movie seen: Hannah and Her Sisters.
TV program I stayed home to watch: The Price, about Irish terrorists.
Books I've been recommending: The Kindness of Strangers: The Life of Tennessee Williams, by Donald Spoto, and Poland, by James Michener.
Favorite performer: Buster Keaton.
Favorite childhood memory: A family of gypsies used to take me out to play. It was a magical time.
Nobody knows I'm: A hypochondriac.
I'd give anything to have met: Gandhi.
When nobody's looking, I: Sit there looking dumb.
I want to teach my children: That life is full of surprises, and you'd better be ready for them.
People who knew me in school thought I was: Arrogant.
Worst time of my life: My childhood. It was lonely and bleak. I didn't have a mother or a father; I was brought up by the Christian Brothers.
Best time of my life: Right now; I'm successful, I make money, I've got a beautiful home, my children are happy, my wife is happy. What more could a man ask?
My friends like me because: I'm easygoing, I've got a decent sense of humor, I laugh at myself and I give good dinner parties.
Behind my back they say: Horrible things.
If I've learned one thing in life, it's: That nothing comes from nothing.
