Christopher Lee Quotes
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Ian Fleming was my cousin, you know. He was in naval intelligence.
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The saddest country I went to was Romania, years ago, during Ceausescu's rule.
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Not every Hammer film was perfect.
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My father's family can be traced back to 1400. I've been told by gypsies that there is unmistakeably gypsy blood in me. Lee is a gypsy name, you know.
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I knew Vincent Price from films - he was a big movie star - but the first time I met him was when we filmed 'The Oblong Box.'
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What's really important for me is, as an old man, I'm known by my own generation and the next generation know me, too.
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Comedy is the most difficult thing to do. Easily the most difficult.
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My favourite country is Finland because once you get to a certain point, you can drive for hours without seeing a single person. I love peace and quiet - something I don't get very often.
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I'm still asked a great deal about 'The Wicker Man' because it's become one of the great cult movies of all time. That's the story of my career, really, making cult movies. And I've always said it's the best film I've ever made.
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We don't always get the kind of work we want, but we always have a choice of whether to do it with good grace or not.
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You can learn Elvish, if you want. It's a language like Italian and English. You can learn to read it, you can learn to write it, and you can learn to speak it.
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When I first read 'Lord of the Rings,' I wanted to see a film of it. But at that time, the technology wasn't there; there was no such thing as CGI.
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Ian Fleming was my cousin, and he wanted me to play Dr. No, but by the time he got around to remembering to tell the producers, they'd already cast someone else. Spilt milk!
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The most important film I made, in terms of its subject and the great responsibility I had as an actor, was a film I did about the founder of Pakistan called 'Jinnah.'
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I did play Ramses II once, who lived to be 91 and had 120 children, but he died 4,000 years ago.
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'The Wicker Man' for me, as an actor, was definitely the best film I've ever done.
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There is something sad about malevolence, to be wicked. I have always tried to make that come across in the villains I have played.
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I haven't spent my entire career playing the guy in the bad hat, although I have to say that the bad guy is frequently much more interesting than the good guy.
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I associate heavy metal with fantasy because of the tremendous power that the music delivers.
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I don't think anyone has ever succeeded in putting Ian Fleming's James Bond up on the screen. The closest in my opinion is Pierce Brosnan.
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Let's just say I was in Special Forces and leave it at that. People can read into that what they like.
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One of the first things a British visitor to Southern California discovers is that he must have a car. Freeways. Bad public transport. I took driving lessons.
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In 1956, the success of the Hammer films kick-started my career. That immediately gave me a name and a face to go with it. I will always be grateful to Hammer for that.
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I was attached to the SAS from time to time, but we are forbidden - former, present, or future - to discuss any specific operations.