Quotes by Christopher Lee

About Christopher Lee:

Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee was an English actor, singer, author, and World War II veteran. With a career spanning nearly 70 years, Lee initially portrayed villains and became best known for his role as Count Dracula in a sequence of Hammer Horror films. His other film roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003) and The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014), and Count Dooku in the final two films of the Star Wars prequel trilogy (2002 and 2005).
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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

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.

Christopher Lee

We don't always get the kind of work we want, but we always have a choice of whether to do it with good grace or not.

Christopher Lee

I haven't spent my entire career playing the guy in the bad hat, although I have to say that the bad guy is frequently much more interesting than the good guy.

Christopher Lee

I have made a lot of movies, but I don't see any point in talking about films I don't think are terribly good. I have been in a few. I don't know any actor that hasn't.

Christopher Lee

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

Christopher Lee

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.'

Christopher Lee

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

Films are now made by accountants. They pick a pretty young female or male face out of the air and give them a part - not because they think that person is right for it or is ready for it, but because they think that person will make them money.

Christopher Lee

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

I associate heavy metal with fantasy because of the tremendous power that the music delivers.

Christopher Lee

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

There was a gap of seven years between the first and second Dracula movies. In the second one as everybody knows, I didn't speak, because I said I couldn't say the lines.

Christopher Lee

When the Second World War finished, I was 23, and already I had seen enough horror to last me a lifetime. I'd seen dreadful, dreadful things, without saying a word. So seeing horror depicted on film doesn't affect me much.

Christopher Lee

Author Bio

  • NameChristopher Lee
  • DescriptionBritish actor and singer
  • AliasesSir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee
  • BornMay 27, 1922
  • DiedJune 7, 2015
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor; Television Actor; Film Actor; Singer; Opera Singer; Writer; Voice Actor
  • AwardsCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire; Knight Bachelor; BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award; Steiger Award