Christopher Lee Quotes

Acting as a profession came to me by chance: in 1946, after the war, I was having lunch with my cousin, who was the Italian ambassador, and he asked, 'What are you going to do now you're out of uniform?' I said, 'I'm pretty inventive, and I can imitate people,' and he said, 'Have you thought about being an actor?'

Christopher Lee

Quotes to Explore

I'm old enough to remember the end of World War II. On Aug. 14, 1946, a year after the Japanese were defeated, most newspapers and magazines had single articles commemorating the end of the war.

Harry Browne
- World
- Remember
- War
Usually I trundle about in trainers and baggy jeans, looking about as attractive as a potato.

Gail Porter
- Looking
- Jeans
- Potato
I think going from doing TV and straight plays to Shakespeare is weird enough because you have this heightened language, and you are telling a story through metric poetry. But I think music is that place beyond poetry.

Tamsin Greig
- Music
- Poetry
- Language
There are grave misgivings that the discussion on ecology may be designed to distract attention from the problems of war and poverty.

Indira Gandhi
- May
- War
- Attention
I remember having an argument with Alan, I said the Queen's not just going to call the guy up and send him out to do it. And Alan says, well, how would a monarch give orders to her assassin.

Eddie Campbell
- Up
- Remember
- Guy
When I got into college, I found what ultimately became my life's work. I couldn't sleep at night, I was so excited about it. So I'm attracted to people who play at that level. They actually want to play in their professional life.

Jack Dangermond
- People
- Life
- Work