Biografia

There was a memorable incident on one of the James Bond film sets: several crew members decided to get some drinks, and charged them to Broccoli. When he later discovered what had happened, he was not at all angry about having to pay for all of those drinks; the only thing about this which upset him was that the crew had spelled his name wrong on the checks.

Timothy Dalton, Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan all attended his funeral and spoke some parting words. George Lazenby and Sean Connery declined to attend. Connery and Broccoli had fallen out once Connery left the series.

Cary Grant was best man at his wedding to Dana Broccoli.

His James Bond series is the most successful in film history - from 1962 - 1997, they grossed more than $1 billion.

Was close friends with Sir Alfred Hitchcock and Sir Roger Moore.

[on George Lazenby and his one-time performance as James Bond in Agente 007 - Al servizio segreto di Sua Maestà (1969)] He could have been a good Bond, but the minute he signed up, he became impossible. He now says he made a mistake. Occasionally, he would call and say he wanted to do Bond again, but I said we couldn't do that. It was a good movie, though, with a good script. George did the best he could in the role.

I honestly feel a responsibility toward all the Bond fans out there. I know they look forward to these pictures, and so I'm going to go on delivering them as long as I can. Also, it's a challenge, which I enjoy. We try to make each picture more exciting than the one before, to take Bond somewhere he hasn't already been.

[on Cary Grant's decision to turn down Broccoli's offer to play James Bond] He didn't want to do it. He said, "It's a good idea, and I like it, but I can't do Bond." And we couldn't have paid him the money - it would have taken up half our budget.

[Asked which of the Bonds had the most sex appeal] When George [George Lazenby] walks through the office, the secretaries fall off their chairs.

I've never made up my mind who Bond is. Sometimes, I think it's very dramatic, but mostly it's comedy. One thing I know for certain - it's entertainment.