Christopher Lee

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

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. ”

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! ”

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.' ”

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

When I was very young - around the age of nine - my family used to go to a house in Somerset that my stepfather rented every summer. There was fishing, lakes and riding. ”

I don't think anyone has ever succeeded in putting Ian Fleming's James Bond up on the screen. The closest in my opinion is Pierce Brosnan. ”

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. ”

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. ”

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. ”