Roger Moore Quotes

Working with UNICEF made me grow up and recognize how fortunate I am.

I don't like bungee jumping, but I do like skiing.

I'm the fourth best James Bond.

I nearly died of double bronchial pneumonia at the age of five.

Of course, I do my own stunts. And I also do my own lying.

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.

If you don't have humour, then you may as well nail the coffin lid down now.

My acting range has always been something between the two extremes of 'raises left eyebrow' and 'raises right eyebrow.'

Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty.

Kristina has been to the Maldives but never to Venice, and I have been to Venice but never to the Maldives.

Bond was escapism, but not meant to be imitated in real life.

I used to work for a living. Then I became an actor.

I believe it is better to be prepared for illness than to wait for a cure.

The saddest sight these days is the image of hundreds of thousands of children kidnapped and lured into being child soldiers from the age of eight.

It's wonderful to travel with somebody that you love and we never travel anywhere without one another.

You can either grow old gracefully or begrudgingly. I chose both.

My father believed in toughness, honesty, politeness and being on time. All very important lessons.

I would love to be remembered as one of the greatest Lears or Hamlets.

We all have a responsibility in life to do what we can to help those less fortunate.

There is nothing glamorous about death.

We also have favourite place in France, called Charlot Premier in Nice, which does excellent oysters.

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.

The fact of the matter is that most actors are shy people.

I think arriving at or departing from any airport in America is just horrendous these days.

The wonderful thing about age is that your knees don't work as well, you can't run down steps quite as easily and obviously you can't lift heavy weights. But your mind doesn't feel any different.

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.

I didn't learn the alphabet until I was 11.

Go out there and thrill me.

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.

To be associated with success is absolutely wonderful.

I never liked guns, I hate them, I always blink before they go off.

I'm not in this business to win a popularity contest, I just want to be a good actor. Well, you've failed at being a good actor. Why not try for the popularity contest?

Not only am I a spender, I have had a couple of business people in the past who have been spending my money quite happily.

Rowing is a simple sport stuffed up by experts

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.

It's easy to sit in relative luxury and peace and pontificate on the subject of the Third World debts.

I am a mixture of idealist and realist.

I must admit that I was in total awe of Stewart Granger. He was my idol.

I speak relatively little, except when I'm at home and I'm asking for things.

I enjoy tennis, though don't play very often nowadays, and skiing... oh yes and swimming.

I have to be an optimist and say that it might get better.

Of course I am frustrated with regard to extreme poverty, to violence that never seems to cease.

It's no good being the best actor in the world if nobody sees you because you didn't happen to be there at the right day when a part was being cast.

Go out there and row faster.

I don't think I've ever made any good financial decisions.

I enjoy being a highly overpaid actor.

Movies such as this remind us that Owen Wilson is nothing less than a national treasure.

We all have our dreams.

I was born in London, so going there is always a treat.

No, I'm not at all adventurous. I'm terribly cowardly.