Quotes from Roger Moore

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

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

I just want to be remembered as somebody who paid his debts.

I replaced Jim Garner in 'Maverick.' I replaced George Sanders in 'The Saint.' I've replaced everybody.

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.

Practically everything I've been offered didn't require much beyond looking like me.

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

I was possibly shy. I don't know why some people are shy and some aren't. Some people blush very easily.

I've not done badly for a boy from Stockwell, where I used to gaze at the silver screen in wonderment, little realising I'd be a part of this magical world.

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

My James Bond wasn't any different to my Saint or my Persuaders or anything else I've done. I've just made everything that I play look like me and sound like me.

Oh yes, I love gadgets.

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

I was not born with tremendous ambition.

When I played Ivanhoe, kids used to come along and kick me because they thought I wore armour under my clothes. When I was Maverick, I was accepted as a cowboy. And in 'The Persuaders,' I became Lord Brett Sinclair. In other words, I am what I am for as long as I am.

The knighthood for my humanitarian work meant more than if it had been for my acting.

Sadly, I had to retire from the Bond films. The girls were getting younger, and I was just getting too old.

When I filmed 'Live And Let Die' with Jane Seymour, I kept my socks on in bed, as it was such a cold set.

Peter Sellers was a solitary character, always preferring to hide behind a mask, and consequently, you never really got to know the real Sellers.

Lana Turner taught me how to kiss on the set of the movie 'Diane' in the early Fifties.

I'm sorry to say that no, I do not play the piano.

Many take the roles home with them and live the part. I'm quite happy to leave mine at the studio and return home as I left: simple old Roger Moore.

I loved my mother and father.

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