A biography for Roger Moorehasn’t been written yet.
“I replaced Jim Garner in 'Maverick.' I replaced George Sanders in 'The Saint.' I've replaced everybody.”
“We all have a responsibility in life to do what we can to help those less fortunate.”
“Kristina has been to the Maldives but never to Venice, and I have been to Venice but never to the Maldives.”
“My iPhone has become rather precious because of all my music on it; every night, we set it for 20 minutes before we fall asleep to listen to some Mozart.”
“Some of the things I've done in my life I'm ashamed of.”
“I don't like bungee jumping, but I do like skiing.”
“Practically everything I've been offered didn't require much beyond looking like me.”
“Without doubt, you are recognized for the last role you played.”
“I never stopped working.”
“Actors don't really sit around discussing the parts they've played - just in case someone says, 'That was crap!'”
“Lana Turner taught me how to kiss on the set of the movie 'Diane' in the early Fifties.”
“I enjoy tennis, though don't play very often nowadays, and skiing... oh yes and swimming.”
“I've learnt that through life you just get on with it. You're going to meet a lot of dishonest people along the line and you say good luck to them. I hope they live in comfort. Then I start sticking more pins in their effigies.”
“I had prostate cancer. It was rather painful and, in many ways, life-changing.”
“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.”
“Illness played a great - and unwelcome - role in my early life. Mumps were soon followed by a raging sore throat, and it was decided that I should have my tonsils removed and adenoids scraped at the same time.”
“If you don't have humour, then you may as well nail the coffin lid down now.”
“Working with UNICEF made me grow up and recognize how fortunate I am.”
“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.”
“Everybody seems to live rather well down here in Monaco!”