English - Actor | May 27, 1922 - June 7, 2015
Making films has never just been a job to me; it is my life. I have some interests outside of acting - I sing and I've written books, for instance - but acting is what keeps me going: it's what I do; it gives life purpose.
Christopher Lee
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To be a legend, you've either got to be dead or excessively old!
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The most important film I made, in terms of its subject and the great responsibility I had as an actor, was a film I did about the founder of Pakistan called 'Jinnah.'
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I lived for 10 years in Los Angeles, and the one element that surpasses everything else - that you are very conscious of - is fear. You can smell it.
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Not every Hammer film was perfect.
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I haven't done lots of horror.
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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.
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The first 'Charlemagne' album is metal, of course, but what I sang was more symphonic.
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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.
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I turn to the 'Telegraph's' obituaries page with trepidation.
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The secret to a long marriage in the film industry? Marry someone wonderful, as I did. And always have her come along on location.
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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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