Browsing Topic Best Bourne Identity Quotes

When I was shooting ‘The Bourne Identity,’ I had a mantra: ‘How come you never see James Bond pay a phone bill?’ It sounds trite, but it became the foundation of that franchise.

Look at every action movie in Hollywood. Every leading man from Spider-Man to Batman to James Bond, ‘Bourne Identity’, every one of them possesses martial arts skills.

I started my career wanting to make a ‘James Bond’ movie, and I couldn’t get hired! I made ‘The Bourne Identity,’ and ultimately the impact of that film was that it changed the ‘James Bond’ franchise.

I did a different production with a different director and Bill Pullman. Oleanna­ – the one you saw – we were doing right after Bourne Identity or right after it came out.

I mean, we’re all trying to find out who the hell we are, aren’t we?

I see things and I hear things I do not understand. I’m a skilled, resourceful… vegetable!

Right before ‘The Bourne Identity’ came out, I hadn’t been offered a movie in a year.

I was originally set to star in ‘The Bourne Identity,’ but I found it too difficult to even pretend to forget who I was.