Christopher Lee Quotes
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Before 'Lord of the Rings,' some people would have just classed Peter Jackson as a horror director. But there is a mind there.
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I've worked with Tim Burton five times, and it's just like being part of a family; life doesn't get much better than that.
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Films are now made by accountants. They pick a pretty young female or male face out of the air and give them a part - not because they think that person is right for it or is ready for it, but because they think that person will make them money.
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I have made a lot of movies, but I don't see any point in talking about films I don't think are terribly good. I have been in a few. I don't know any actor that hasn't.
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There are certain things producers ask you to do, and when I was starting out, I said yes to everything. I was asked, for 'Quo Vadis,' to drive a chariot. I said, 'Oh yes. I'm licenced for all vehicles.' Two days later, I was sitting in this dustbin with two very aggressive horses. I didn't stay in it for long.
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Every actor has to make terrible films from time to time, but the trick is never to be terrible in them.
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There are many vampires in the world today... you only have to think of the film business.
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Making films has never just been a job to me; it is my life. I have some interests outside of acting - I sing and I've written books, for instance - but acting is what keeps me going: it's what I do; it gives life purpose.
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I still think 'The Lord of the Rings' is the greatest literary achievement in my lifetime. Like so many other people, I couldn't wait for the second and then the third book. Nothing like it had ever been written.
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Peter Jackson's instincts are extraordinary, as is his stamina.
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The thing I have always tried to do is surprise people: to present them with something they didn't expect.
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I've done a lot of films that have become iconic, not necessarily because of me.
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I didn't want to be known as a man who only made horror films. I made some - very few.
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I made three films with Boris Karloff. He was absolutely wonderful.
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I've always acknowledged my debt to Hammer. I've always said I'm very grateful to them. They gave me this great opportunity, made me a well known face all over the world for which I am profoundly grateful.
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The first 'Charlemagne' album is metal, of course, but what I sang was more symphonic.
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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?'
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It's what you don't see that keeps you on the edge of your seat in any kind of film - leave it to the imagination of the viewer.
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If I had any deadly secrets, I wouldn't still be alive.