Being born with a pair of beady eyes was the best thing that ever happened to me. — Lee Van Cleef Copy Share Image
Movies are full of leading men, most of whom aren't working. It's much harder to find a good villain. — Lee Van Cleef Copy Share Image
I tried to learn the languages - Italian, Spanish, and German - not to successfully. Working on a European set isn't a hell of a lot different from working on an American set. — Lee Van Cleef Copy Share
If I could direct it [films] I would be very happy. But the economics of business don't always allow you to do what you… — Lee Van Cleef Copy Share Image
I'll never kick dogs, I'll never hurt a child, I'll never slap a woman - three things I won't do on film. — Lee Van Cleef Copy Share Image
I think the Europeans are a lot more spontaneous, more artistic to some degree. But I don't think they have the technical talent we… — Lee Van Cleef Copy Share Image
Bad guys have always been my bag... I look mean without even trying. — Lee Van Cleef Copy Share Image
I don't care where I work. Films are an international business - not an American institution. — Lee Van Cleef Copy Share Image
I'd like to do more comedy, but i think my forte is still in the heavy. I'd love to do a comic lead, a… — Lee Van Cleef Copy Share Image
A lot of actors think that the more lines they have the more attention they get. That's bullshit. I make people look at me.… — Lee Van Cleef Copy Share Image
You go where the work is. It can be in my own back yard, Israel, Spain, or Yugoslavia. We may have the greatest technical… — Lee Van Cleef Copy Share Image
Audiences just naturally hate me on screen. I could play a role in a tuxedo, and people would think I was rotten. You can… — Lee Van Cleef Copy Share Image
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