Roger Moore Quotes

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Roger Moore

Profession : Actor

Birth : October 14, 1927

Some of the things I've done in my life I'm ashamed of.

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I never really absorbed myself in a role like some actors do.

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Many take the roles home with them and live the part. I'm quite happy to leave mine at the studio and return home as I left: simple old Roger Moore.

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Without doubt, you are recognized for the last role you played.

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Bond has afforded me a great personal passport, which I use for UNICEF.

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When I played Ivanhoe, kids used to come along and kick me because they thought I wore armour under my clothes. When I was Maverick, I was accepted as a cowboy. And in 'The Persuaders,' I became Lord Brett Sinclair. In other words, I am what I am for as long as I am.

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I play one role until I take on another, which is exactly what a professional actor should do.

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Bond may be a very international, cosmopolitan kind of character, but underneath it all, he is essentially British.

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Showbusiness is such a mad profession, I find commerce a wonderful outlet for keeping me sane.

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Bond is fantasy.

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I personally didn't like the idea of Bond in space.

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I just want to be remembered as somebody who paid his debts.

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I'd occasionally do some exercises at home, but I never cared for gyms.

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It's no good being the best actor in the world if nobody sees you because you didn't happen to be there at the right day when a part was being cast.

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I wouldn't like to meet Daniel Craig on a dark night if I'd said anything bad about him.

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When I was playing James Bond, it was the best job in the world. I mean, it was hard work, all that filming and travelling and tedium on set, but I earned a lot of money, and it was not a taxing job. I just had to say, 'Shaken, not stirred.'

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My parents adored me, and I had a very happy childhood, so maybe I just sort of expect to be loved.

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I was fortunately always offered jobs because I was so pretty. Women used to complain about it!

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I don't want to be remembered, because I'm not planning on going. I'm staying!

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Illness played a great - and unwelcome - role in my early life. Mumps were soon followed by a raging sore throat, and it was decided that I should have my tonsils removed and adenoids scraped at the same time.

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