Christopher Lee Quotes

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Christopher Lee

Profession : Actor

Birth : May 27, 1922

There is something sad about malevolence, to be wicked. I have always tried to make that come across in the villains I have played.

Christopher Lee

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.

Christopher Lee

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.

Christopher Lee

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.

Christopher Lee

I've done a lot of films that have become iconic, not necessarily because of me.

Christopher Lee

The song 'My Way' is a very remarkable song. It is also difficult to sing because you've got to convince people that what you're singing about is the truth. It's a man who is very proud of having achieved everything that he's achieved his way.

Christopher Lee

A whole new career opened up for me when I was in 'Lord Of The Rings' and 'Star Wars.'

Christopher Lee

I turn to the 'Telegraph's' obituaries page with trepidation.

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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.

Christopher Lee

My great-grandmother was born in London, the daughter of a Brixton coachman, and became the most famous singer in Australia. Her name was Marie Carandini, Madame Carandini.

Christopher Lee

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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I am never going to stop playing the villain. I would be foolish to do so because the audiences apparently enjoy watching me, and who am I to say no?

Christopher Lee

I didn't want to be known as a man who only made horror films. I made some - very few.

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If I had any deadly secrets, I wouldn't still be alive.

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I was always interested in enchantment and magicians and still am.

Christopher Lee

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.

Christopher Lee

I don't really like long flights any more - I find them too tiring. Flying always involves the same things these days - huge crowds at airports, waiting around, late take-offs, weather problems, and so on. I don't really enjoy travelling. I don't imagine anyone does except young children.

Christopher Lee

The saddest country I went to was Romania, years ago, during Ceausescu's rule.

Christopher Lee

Somebody once asked me how I found Peter Jackson, and I said: 'Well, I parted his hair, and there he was.'

Christopher Lee

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.

Christopher Lee