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Roger Moore
English
Actor
About the author
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.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
#Will
#Reading
#Christian
#Months
Bond was escapism, but not meant to be imitated in real life.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
#Life
#Escapism
Creating a character on or off the stage is an escape.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
#Character
I enjoy tennis, though don't play very often nowadays, and skiing... oh yes and swimming.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
#Play
#Tennis
I am a mixture of idealist and realist.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
I enjoy being a highly overpaid actor.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
#Being
#Actor
I have to be an optimist and say that it might get better.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
I must admit that I was in total awe of Stewart Granger. He was my idol.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
I never liked guns, I hate them, I always blink before they go off.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
#Hate
I said I did not know enough about UNICEF to handle a press conference and she said they would not want to talk about it they would only want to talk about films.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
#Want
#Talk
#Press
I speak relatively little, except when I'm at home and I'm asking for things.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
#Home
I think arriving at or departing from any airport in America is just horrendous these days.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
#America
I was born in London, so going there is always a treat.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
#London
I'm sorry to say that no, I do not play the piano.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
#Play
It's easy to sit in relative luxury and peace and pontificate on the subject of the Third World debts.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
#World
#Peace
#Luxury
I don't like bungee jumping, but I do like skiing.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
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.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
#Time
#Parents
#Regret
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.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
There is nothing glamorous about death.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
#Nothing
#Death
We also have favourite place in France, called Charlot Premier in Nice, which does excellent oysters.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
#France
#Oysters
Working with UNICEF made me grow up and recognize how fortunate I am.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
The fact of the matter is that most actors are shy people.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
#People
#Fact
#Actors
Kristina has been to the Maldives but never to Venice, and I have been to Venice but never to the Maldives.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
#Venice
Tony and I had a good on and off screen relationship, we are two very different people, but we did share a sense of humor, we now live in different parts of the world but when we find ourselves in the same place it is more or less as if there had been no years in between.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
#Now
#People
#Years
#World
#Sense
#Humor
Not many of us are willing to give up everything we have.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
Of course I am frustrated with regard to extreme poverty, to violence that never seems to cease.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
#Poverty
#Violence
#Extreme
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.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
#Truth
#Regret
#Heroes
Over the next two years UNICEF will focus on improving access to and the quality of education to provide children who have dropped out of school or who work during school hours the opportunity to gain a formal education!
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
#Work
#Will
#Children
#Years
#Education
#School
#Opportunity
#Quality
#Focus
#Gain
Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
#Ability
#Modesty
It's wonderful to travel with somebody that you love and we never travel anywhere without one another.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
#Love
#Travel
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.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
#Love
#Will
#Children
#Home
#Parents
#Manners
#Generosity
#Classroom
Whenever I'm asked who my favourite co-star is, I always hesitate in giving an answer.
Roger Moore,
English
Actor
#Giving