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.
As for driving, I take it nice and easy - I certainly don't race.
Bond was escapism, but not meant to be imitated in real life.
Creating a character on or off the stage is an escape.
I am a mixture of idealist and realist.
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.
I don't like bungee jumping, but I do like skiing.
I don't really have a favourite artist.
I enjoy being a highly overpaid actor.
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.
I must admit that I was in total awe of Stewart Granger. He was my idol.
I never liked guns, I hate them, I always blink before they go off.
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.
I speak relatively little, except when I'm at home and I'm asking for things.
I think arriving at or departing from any airport in America is just horrendous these days.
I think the premise of having these chalk and cheese characters team up has always been a good one, and is timeless.
I was born in London, so going there is always a treat.
I'm sorry to say that no, I do not play the piano.
It's easy to sit in relative luxury and peace and pontificate on the subject of the Third World debts.
It's wonderful to travel with somebody that you love and we never travel anywhere without one another.
Kristina has been to the Maldives but never to Venice, and I have been to Venice but never to the Maldives.
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.
Not many of us are willing to give up everything we have.
Of course I am frustrated with regard to extreme poverty, to violence that never seems to cease.
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.
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 !
Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty.
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.
The fact of the matter is that most actors are shy people.
The King's Thief was terrific in that I got to work with Niv. He became a dear friend, and we worked together again too.
The Persuaders was a vehicle for two men with the same goal going about achieving their objective in different modes.
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.
There is nothing glamorous about death.
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.
Tony is a very talented actor and has a great sense of comedy and I would love to revive Wilde and Sinclair for just for one more appearance.
We also have favourite place in France, called Charlot Premier in Nice, which does excellent oysters.
Well, I spent many years living in Gstaad and still visit there regularly - as my son and his partner Jamie have a restaurant there.
Whenever I'm asked who my favourite co-star is, I always hesitate in giving an answer.
Working with UNICEF made me grow up and recognize how fortunate I am.
Received an International Humanitarian award for his work from the London Variety Club in May 2000.
Was in the television play "The World By The Tail," (1953} only a few days after arriving in the United States.
A close friend of the Danish Royal Family, especially the Princess Alexandra. He attended the christening of Princess Alexandra and Prince Joachim's youngest son, Felix. Attended the wedding of the Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary on May 14th, 2004.
Attended the wedding of Joan Collins and Percy Gibson.
Was knighted at the Queen's Birthday Honours, in June 2003.
Close friends with Lois Maxwell, who played Miss Moneypenny in the Bond films. Both met each other during their studies at the Royal Academy Of Dramatic Arts in the 1940s.
Speaks perfect Italian; former wife Luisa Mattioli is an Italian citizen.
Oldest person to start in the Bond role, at 46.
Has three children, Christian, Geoffery, and Deborah Moore, the latter two of which are also actors.
Served in World War Two in the British Army.
His salary for the James Bond movie Octopussy(1983) was $4,000,00
His favorite James Bond film is The Spy Who Loved Me(1977).
When first beginning his career, he had a habit of collecting towels from various hotels he stayed in, until a British tabloid ran the story, "Roger Moore Is A Towel Thief" and he stopped then. Revealed on Graham Norton's talk show that he still has them in his Swiss home.
Personally hates firing guns and cost many takes on film because of this.
Was Air France's 8,000,000th passenger, on May 21, 1964.
While playing Bond, his contract specified he was to receive an unlimited number of Montecristo cigars, the typical bill for which during each film being produced ran into the thousands of pounds.
In 1990 he was going to make his musical theatre debut in "Aspects of Love" as Sir George, but left before his escape clause expired, due to his own concerns about his singing ability. He was replaced by Kevin Colson.
Was cast in two roles that were originally offered to Patrick McGoohan: Simon Templar in The Saint and James Bond in Live and Let Die.
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