A biography for Roger Moorehasn’t been written yet.
“I don't want to be remembered, because I'm not planning on going. I'm staying!”
“Not many of us are willing to give up everything we have.”
“I believe it is better to be prepared for illness than to wait for a cure.”
“When I went to Hollywood, I had to work out in a gym. The idea was that I should look like Daniel Craig, though they hadn't even met him at that point.”
“I must admit that I was in total awe of Stewart Granger. He was my idol.”
“People are always reading things into the films.”
“I would have loved to play a real baddie.”
“Bond has afforded me a great personal passport, which I use for UNICEF.”
“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.”
“I'd occasionally do some exercises at home, but I never cared for gyms.”
“I never thought I was much of an actor anyway.”
“Sometimes I've had to put myself on a diet.”
“To be associated with success is absolutely wonderful.”
“I made some very forgettable films, but I liked them all when I was doing them.”
“In my teens, I was very insecure. And so I invented Roger Moore.”
“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 would love to be remembered as one of the greatest Lears or Hamlets.”
“I was not born with tremendous ambition.”
“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 do a lot of cooking; we eat a lot of fish, but I try not to make fattening things.”