English - Actor | May 27, 1922 - June 7, 2015
A whole new career opened up for me when I was in 'Lord Of The Rings' and 'Star Wars.'
Christopher Lee
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It's what you don't see that keeps you on the edge of your seat in any kind of film - leave it to the imagination of the viewer.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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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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'The Wicker Man' for me, as an actor, was definitely the best film I've ever done.
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I didn't want to be known as a man who only made horror films. I made some - very few.
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I made three films with Boris Karloff. He was absolutely wonderful.
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Comedy is the most difficult thing to do. Easily the most difficult.
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Ian Fleming was my cousin, you know. He was in naval intelligence.
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