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53 quotes by Christopher Lee

Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, CStJ, (born 27 May 1922) is an English actor, singer and author. Lee initially portrayed villains and became best known for his role as Count Dracula in a string of popular Hammer Horror films. His other notable 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),...
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'The Impossible Dream' is, in my opinion, one of the greatest songs ever written. Here is a man, an old man, a very old man full of daring... →

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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... →

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

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

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Somebody once asked me how I found Peter Jackson, and I said: 'Well, I parted his hair, and there he was.'

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There are many vampires in the world today... you only have to think of the film business.

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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... →

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A whole new career opened up for me when I was in 'Lord Of The Rings' and 'Star Wars.'

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Before 'Lord of the Rings,' some people would have just classed Peter Jackson as a horror director. But there is a mind there.

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

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