When I was very young – around the age of nine – my family used to go to a house in Somerset that my stepfather rented every summer. There was fishing, lakes and riding. Christopher Lee Read Quote
I don’t really like long flights any more – I find them too tiring. Flying always involves the same things these days – huge crowds at airports, waiting around, late take-offs, weather problems, and so on. I don’t really enjoy travelling. I don’t imagine anyone does except young children. Christopher Lee Read Quote
The saddest country I went to was Romania, years ago, during Ceausescu’s rule. Christopher Lee Read Quote
I was attached to the SAS from time to time, but we are forbidden – former, present, or future – to discuss any specific operations. Christopher Lee Read Quote
There are certain things producers ask you to do, and when I was starting out, I said yes to everything. I was asked, for ‘Quo Vadis,’ to drive a chariot. I said, ‘Oh yes. I’m licenced for all vehicles.’ Two days later, I was sitting in this dustbin with two very aggressive horses. I didn’t stay in it for long. Christopher Lee Read Quote
I’m still asked a great deal about ‘The Wicker Man’ because it’s become one of the great cult movies of all time. That’s the story of my career, really, making cult movies. And I’ve always said it’s the best film I’ve ever made. Christopher Lee Read Quote
I knew Vincent Price from films – he was a big movie star – but the first time I met him was when we filmed ‘The Oblong Box.’ Christopher Lee Read Quote
There is a dark side in all of us. And for us ‘bad’ people, the bad side dominates. I think there is a great sadness in villains, and I have tried to put that across. We cannot stop ourselves doing what we are doing. Christopher Lee Read Quote
Acting as a profession came to me by chance: in 1946, after the war, I was having lunch with my cousin, who was the Italian ambassador, and he asked, ‘What are you going to do now you’re out of uniform?’ I said, ‘I’m pretty inventive, and I can imitate people,’ and he said, ‘Have you thought about being an actor?’ Christopher Lee Read Quote
