Christopher Lee

Actor

1922-05-27 – 2015-06-07

Christopher Lee was an English actor known for iconic roles including Dracula, Saruman, and Count Dooku. His film career spanned more than six decades.

Quotes by 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.
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Let's just say I was in Special Forces and leave it at that. People can read into that what they like.
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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!
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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.
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I've worked with Tim Burton five times, and it's just like being part of a family; life doesn't get much better than that.
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On the Italian side, we can trace the family back 2,000 years. I have a cousin in Rome, a famous archaeologist, Count Andrea Carandini, who was in Lombardy and came across some pottery with the original name of the family, Carandinus, painted on it.
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I associate heavy metal with fantasy because of the tremendous power that the music delivers.
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I turn to the 'Telegraph's' obituaries page with trepidation.
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Every actor has to make terrible films from time to time, but the trick is never to be terrible in them.
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There is a dark side in all of us. And for us 'bad' people, the bad side dominates. I think there is a great sadness in villains, and I have tried to put that across. We cannot stop ourselves doing what we are doing.
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One of the first things a British visitor to Southern California discovers is that he must have a car. Freeways. Bad public transport. I took driving lessons.
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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.
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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?
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