Roger Moore Quotes

My acting range has always been something between the two extremes of 'raises left eyebrow' and 'raises right eyebrow.'

It's wonderful to travel with somebody that you love and we never travel anywhere without one another.

I personally didn't like the idea of Bond in space. Having to fly around on a wire was not particularly comfortable, and I didn't like the outfit. It had a terrible helmet.

Whenever I'm asked who my favourite co-star is, I always hesitate in giving an answer.

I was born in London, so going there is always a treat.

I never liked guns, I hate them, I always blink before they go off.

I used to work for a living. Then I became an actor.

Working with UNICEF made me grow up and recognize how fortunate I am.

I loved my mother and father.

The wonderful thing about age is that your knees don't work as well, you can't run down steps quite as easily and obviously you can't lift heavy weights. But your mind doesn't feel any different.

I believe it is better to be prepared for illness than to wait for a cure.

We also have favourite place in France, called Charlot Premier in Nice, which does excellent oysters.

I'm not in this business to win a popularity contest, I just want to be a good actor. Well, you've failed at being a good actor. Why not try for the popularity contest?

We all have our dreams.

I enjoy tennis, though don't play very often nowadays, and skiing... oh yes and swimming.

It's easy to sit in relative luxury and peace and pontificate on the subject of the Third World debts.

You can either grow old gracefully or begrudgingly. I chose both.

I think arriving at or departing from any airport in America is just horrendous these days.

Trail conflicts can and do occur among different user groups, among different users within the same user group, and as a result of factors not related to users' trail activities at all. In fact, no actual contact among trail users need occur for conflict to be felt.

Teach love, generosity, good manners and some of that will drift from the classroom to the home and who knows, the children will be educating the parents.

Being known for Bond, certainly when you're in foreign countries, makes people curious. You get to see presidents because their wives were curious; their children were curious about Bond or The Saint or whatever. Then once you have your foot through the door, you can then let them see that you're serious about what you're talking about, and not just a twit.

The new Bond film, will be a big, big hit, because every Bond film is an event. Fathers take their sons to it; probably grandfathers. It's been a long time, and I think that the success of Bond is because the audiences have never been cheated by the producers. They always spend every penny, put it on the screen, and then the things that people expect to see in a Bond film - big action scenes, glamorous ladies - it's pure escapism.

The fact of the matter is that most actors are shy people.

Of course, I do my own stunts. And I also do my own lying.

A lot of my reading over the next few months will be the works of Hans Christian Andersen - I have been appointed an ambassador for the bicentenary celebrations of his birth next year.

Of course I am frustrated with regard to extreme poverty, to violence that never seems to cease. Greed is the key. It's easy to sit in relative luxury and peace and pontificate on the subject of the Third World debts. Not many of us are willing to give up everything we have. We can however give some, and millions of people do, governments do, but there is so much more to be done.

I don't think I've ever made any good financial decisions.

I must admit that I was in total awe of Stewart Granger. He was my idol.

It's very tempting to over-eat all the bad things when you're on a film set.

Maybe come to think about it, that is the sign of an extrovert, in any event I have always from the earliest of ages found it difficult to wander into a restaurant on my own.

Rowing is a simple sport stuffed up by experts

I have to be an optimist and say that it might get better.

Go out there and thrill me.

We all have a responsibility in life to do what we can to help those less fortunate.

Creating a character on or off the stage is an escape.

I've learnt that through life you just get on with it. You're going to meet a lot of dishonest people along the line and you say good luck to them. I hope they live in comfort. Then I start sticking more pins in their effigies.

Movies such as this remind us that Owen Wilson is nothing less than a national treasure.

If you don't have humour, then you may as well nail the coffin lid down now.

To be associated with success is absolutely wonderful.

I do not have time to sit down and regret anything although sometimes I wish I had been able to see more of my parents while they were alive and have done more for them.

My father believed in toughness, honesty, politeness and being on time. All very important lessons.

I don't like bungee jumping, but I do like skiing.

Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty.

I would love to be remembered as one of the greatest Lears or Hamlets.

Of course, I do not regret the Bond days. I regret that sadly heroes in general are depicted with guns in their hands, and to tell the truth, I have always hated guns and what they represent.

The saddest sight these days is the image of hundreds of thousands of children kidnapped and lured into being child soldiers from the age of eight.

I am a mixture of idealist and realist.

Bond was escapism, but not meant to be imitated in real life.