Christopher Lee Quotes - Page 2

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• I lived for 10 years in Los Angeles, and the one element that surpasses everything else - that you are very conscious of - is fear. You can smell it.

  Christopher Lee

  Inspirational, Years, Smell

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• I did radio, I did television, I did opera, I did films in which I had very, very little to say. But I had a lot of experience in front of the camera, and that's what really counts.

  Christopher Lee

  Cameras, Television, Opera

  "Listen Back To A 1990 Interview With Actor Christopher Lee". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. June 12, 2015.

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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?'

  Christopher Lee

  Inspirational, Cousin, War

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• 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

  Technology, Firsts, Film

  "The good, the bad and the Christopher Lee". Interview with Victoria Barrett, www.theguardian.com. May 29, 2003.

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• I think acting is a mixture of instinct, imagination and inventiveness. All you can learn as an actor is basic technique.

  Christopher Lee

  Thinking, Imagination, Acting

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  Christopher Lee

  Country, Years, Romania

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• Acting is like a snowstorm or perhaps a large empty vacuum. I`m not deluded by the fact that I'm getting all these offers for work, I'm very happy about it, but I know also that there is the other side and who knows, next year, they may not offer me anything. You never know.

  Christopher Lee

  Years, Acting, Next

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Inspirational, Country, Quiet

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• 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

  Inspirational, Writing, Italian

  “Christopher Lee Talks Lord of the Rings” by Paul Davidson, www.ign.com. May 3, 2001.

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• I stopped appearing as Dracula in 1972 because in my opinion the presentation of the character had deteriorated to such an extent, particularly bringing him into the contemporary day and age, that it really no longer had any meaning.

  Christopher Lee

  Character, Age, Opinion

  Biography/Person Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Spy, Multitudes, Covered

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• In Britain, any degree of success is met with envy and resentment.

  Christopher Lee

  Envy, Degrees, Resentment

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I love Chicago. It is my new favorite city. It is the perfect place to do any kind of theater.

  Christopher Lee

  Perfect, Kind

  Source: chicago.gopride.com

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• Comedy is the most difficult thing to do. Easily the most difficult.

  Christopher Lee

  Comedy, Difficult, Things To Do

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

  Christopher Lee

  Instinct, Peter, Stamina

  "Work hard - and play plenty of golf". Interview with Will Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2001.

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• It's a band singing on how metal should be played, the effect it has on the band and its listeners.

  Christopher Lee

  Singing, Band, Should

  "Legendary Actor CHRISTOPHER LEE Releases New Heavy Metal Single 'Darkest Carols, Faithful Sing'". www.blabbermouth.net. December 9, 2014.

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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.

  Christopher Lee

  Inspirational, Grateful, Opportunity

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Song, Men, People

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• 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

  Character, Mean, Play

  "Christopher Lee Talks THE HOBBIT, HUGO and DARK SHADOWS" by Dave Trumbore, collider.com. December 29, 2011.

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• People should not pass judgment until they have seen the film.

  Christopher Lee

  Inspirational, People, Film

  “Bond fans threaten to boycott Casino Royale” by Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• 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

  Inspirational, Men, Important

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

  Christopher Lee

  Done, Film, Iconic

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• I've been for 10 years trying to make something out of my life as an actor. I've learned a lot but I haven't done much that's worthwhile. So maybe if I make people wonder what I really do look like and make myself unrecognizable, they will be interested and intrigued, which eventually, of course, happened.

  Christopher Lee

  Years, People, Trying

  "Listen Back To A 1990 Interview With Actor Christopher Lee". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. June 12, 2015.

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

  Christopher Lee

  Men, Want, Horror

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• The secret to a long marriage in the film industry? Marry someone wonderful, as I did. And always have her come along on location.

  Christopher Lee

  Inspirational, Long, Secret

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