Christopher Lee Quotes

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Christopher Lee

Profession : Actor

Birth : May 27, 1922

'The Impossible Dream' is, in my opinion, one of the greatest songs ever written. Here is a man, an old man, a very old man full of daring, bravery, courage, determination, romanticism and dreams.

Christopher Lee

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.

Christopher Lee

I associate heavy metal with fantasy because of the tremendous power that the music delivers.

Christopher Lee

Every actor has to make terrible films from time to time, but the trick is never to be terrible in them.

Christopher Lee

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.

Christopher Lee

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.

Christopher Lee

The thing I have always tried to do is surprise people: to present them with something they didn't expect.

Christopher Lee

Let's just say I was in Special Forces and leave it at that. People can read into that what they like.

Christopher Lee

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.

Christopher Lee

To be a legend, you've either got to be dead or excessively old!

Christopher Lee

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.'

Christopher Lee

I made three films with Boris Karloff. He was absolutely wonderful.

Christopher Lee

We don't live in a particularly attractive world. I don't really remember, except as a small boy, anything but a pretty grim world.

Christopher Lee

There are many vampires in the world today... you only have to think of the film business.

Christopher Lee

I wasn't a spy. I'd have been spotted in five seconds. Yes, I was in intelligence, but that covered a multitude of things.

Christopher Lee

Peter Jackson's instincts are extraordinary, as is his stamina.

Christopher Lee

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!

Christopher Lee

I'm much softer than people think. I don't present to the world an emotional face. I'm pretty good at self-control, but I am easily moved.

Christopher Lee

I don't play long parts. They must be short parts, but they've got to be parts that mean something, that matter, where people will notice when I'm on the screen, and people will remember the character after they've seen the film.

Christopher Lee

I did play Ramses II once, who lived to be 91 and had 120 children, but he died 4,000 years ago.

Christopher Lee