:: "I learnt from a great man, Sean Connery, when we did The Rock. He is a consummate worker and he taught me a lot. Young whippersnappers - that's what Sean calls them - who arrive late are not allowed on my set." (about his tough-guy reputation)

-Michael Bay (The Rock director)

:: "That's why women love him, he's a very natural man and I think that's what comes across in everything he does." (AFI Tribute to Sean Connery - 8th June 2006)

-Tom Jones (Thunderball theme singer)

:: "One of my greatest inspirations." (AFI Tribute to Sean Connery - 8th June 2006)

-Andy Garcia (The Untouchables co-star)

:: "Something about that voice took sexy to a whole new stratosphere." (AFI Tribute to Sean Connery - 8th June 2006)

-Julia Ormond (First Knight co-star)

:: "Men want to be him, women want him, and in my case I both want to be him and want him." (AFI Tribute to Sean Connery - 8th June 2006)

-Mike Myers

:: "He's extremely professional, very talented and has an amazingly strong presence on the screen." (AFI Tribute to Sean Connery - 8th June 2006)

:: "I nearly had a heart attack when I learned of Sean Connery's retirement. I'm dreaming up ways to kill off Connery's character in the franchise's fourth installment." (AFI Tribute to Sean Connery - 8th June 2006)

-George Lucas (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade producer)

:: "I was concerned when Alfred Hitchcock told me that Sean would be my co-star in 'Marnie'. I just saw him in 'Dr. No', the sexiest man I had ever laid eyes on? Marnie was so frigid, she screams every time a man comes near her. How was I supposed to deal with that? Hitchcock replied, 'It's called acting, my dear.' " (AFI Tribute to Sean Connery - 8th June 2006)

-Tippi Hedren (Marnie co-star)

:: "A man of action, a man of passion, and a man for the ages. Sean did not just show up and read the lines, he brought ideas to the table. For those of us who love movies, that passion (and) that wisdom is the reason we are here tonight." (AFI Tribute to Sean Connery - 8th June 2006)

:: "At first, I was worried he was too young to play my father as he was only twelve years older than me. But acting with him was really like building something together. When one of us needed something, the other provided it. Sean knows how to knock the ball back to you, he also indicates the direction he's hitting it." 

-Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade co-star)

:: "Seeing 'Goldfinger' at age 11 was the start of my love and passion for the world of film. His character was a suave, sophisticated, daring and sexy Scotsman." (AFI Tribute to Sean Connery - 8th June 2006)

:: "I grew up idolizing Sean. He'll always be Bond to me." 

-Pierce Brosnan (James Bond actor)

:: "There are seven genuine movie stars in the world today, and Sean Connery is one of them."

:: "When he gets a good idea, which is about twenty times a day, he's such a child; his face lights up." 

:: "Sean Connery is not like anybody else, he's an original, he's never been stronger or more sought after and he's finally recognised as the movie star he's always been. Sean is one of the great movie stars. He'll be remembered throughout history."

-Steven Spielberg (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade director)

:: "When you're with Sean, you learn pretty quickly what your own place in the galaxy is and it pales." 

-Kevin Costner (The Untouchables co-star)

:: "He has the sexiest eyes I've ever seen. So twinkly. I suppose it's the wickedness in the eyes. You feel he's so virile. You believed he was capable of doing everything - and he did everything." 

-Honor Blackman (Goldfinger Bond girl)

:: "Class will out. Why shouldn't he be at the top? He's younger than me." 

-Roger Moore (James Bond actor)

:: "I admire him as an actor and as a fellow Scot. I have a great pleasure in his skills and his talents. He is a very good actor." 

-Charlton Heston

:: "He uses himself so magnificently with every role he plays. Most actors are either leading men or character actors, but Sean is one of the few stars who encompasses both. A character actor essentially becomes what he is playing, whereas with most leading men, what they are playing becomes them. But Sean is capable of the two."
:: "Most people think of him as a legendary star. I don't, but only because we go to the toilet together." 

-Sidney Lumet (The Hill, The Anderson Tapes, The Offence, Murder on the Orient Express, Family Business director)

:: "I adore Sean and I am very proud of him." 

-Ursula Andress (Dr. No Bond Girl)

:: "He's remarkable, the kind of man that men like and woman are mad about. There's something of Gary Cooper in him, he's very direct, no nonsense, and when he says something you know that's what he means. There isn't this double talk. He's totally unpompous."

-Fred Zinnemann (Five Days One Summer director)

:: "I remember Sean and I used to choreograph things, we helped each other, we never tried to compete... I reckon it's the best relationship I have ever had with an actor." 

-Michael Caine (The Man Who Would Be King / A Bridge Too Far co-star)

:: "Sean is one of my favourite screen idols, in particular as Bond so I took that as inspiration. The character of Chili is fearless and never loses his cool." (about his role in 'Be Cool')

-John Travolta

:: "I never understood what I would have been able to add to the role, or how I could play a character who has already been defined in the past. For me, Sean Connery is the real James Bond."

-Clive Owen (Tipped to become the next James Bond)