Connery Talks Bond

Fans might consider him the greatest British film star ever, but Scottish film legend Sean Connery would rather watch anyone else play the role that made him famous.

``Each one has a hard time playing the Bond role,'' Connery said at a news conference at the Berlin Film Festival, where he was presenting his new film ``Finding Forrester.'' ``Everyone plays it differently. Maybe I set too high a standard.''

Connery, 70, did not want to say which actor he thought embodied the James Bond role best but he said that the current actor, Pierce Brosnan, was doing a good job of keeping the role alive. Connery was the first Bond, playing in ``Dr. No'' four decades ago.

``It's a difficult question to answer,'' said Connery. ``I'd rather watch all the others but me.''

He said he didn't mind being identified with the famous British agent even though he hasn't played the role in 17 years.

In ``Finding Forrester,'' which is based loosely on a figure like the American novelist J.D. Salinger, Connery stars as a elderly novelist in New York who lives as a recluse 40 years after writing a Pulitzer-prize winning novel and helps a talented young writer get his start.