# Shaken, not stirred

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaken-not-stirred/784633>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [April 17, 2017, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaken-not-stirred/784633 "2017-04-17T15:31:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaken-not-stirred/784633/21 "2017-04-19T13:16:12Z")

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> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#):
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> Connery approved of Connery’s performance (the only cinematic Bond he saw in his lifetime)\<snip\>

Did you mean Fleming? 'Cause except for the odd case of an actor phoning it in wouldn’t most of them approve of their own performance?

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaken-not-stirred/784633/22 "2017-04-19T14:23:28Z")

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> [@DesertDog](#):
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> Did you mean Fleming? 'Cause except for the odd case of an actor phoning it in wouldn’t most of them approve of their own performance?

That, and the fact that Connery is still alive-I still see him on _Jeopardy_ occasionally.

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