Christopher Lee

I was once asked what I thought was the most disquieting thing you could see on the screen and I said, 'an…

— Christopher Lee

I've been for 10 years trying to make something out of my life as an actor. I've learned a lot but I…

— Christopher Lee

I stopped appearing as Dracula in 1972 because in my opinion the presentation of the character had deteriorated to such an extent,…

— Christopher Lee

I haven't spent my entire career playing the guy in the bad hat, although I have to say that the bad guy…

— Christopher Lee

As far as I am concerned, Don Quixote is the most metal fictional character that I know. Single handed, he is trying…

— Christopher Lee

'The Impossible Dream' is, in my opinion, one of the greatest songs ever written. Here is a man, an old man, a…

— Christopher Lee

Films are now made by accountants. They pick a pretty young female or male face out of the air and give them…

— Christopher Lee

I lived for 10 years in Los Angeles, and the one element that surpasses everything else - that you are very conscious…

— Christopher Lee

I think that - apart from the fields of science and medicine - we live in an age of decline. Look at…

— Christopher Lee

Every actor has to make terrible films from time to time, but the trick is never to be terrible in them.

— Christopher Lee

I love Chicago. It is my new favorite city. It is the perfect place to do any kind of theater.

— Christopher Lee

Not every Hammer film was perfect.

— Christopher Lee

When the Second World War finished, I was 23 and already I had seen enough horror to last me a lifetime. I'd…

— Christopher Lee

I associate heavy metal with fantasy because of the tremendous power that the music delivers.

— Christopher Lee

Someone asked me yesterday if Dracula met Saruman and there was a fight, who would win. I just looked at this man.…

— Christopher Lee

The first 'Charlemagne' album is metal, of course, but what I sang was more symphonic.

— Christopher Lee

People should not pass judgment until they have seen the film.

— Christopher Lee

My favourite country is Finland because once you get to a certain point, you can drive for hours without seeing a single…

— Christopher Lee

When I was very young - around the age of nine - my family used to go to a house in Somerset…

— Christopher Lee

The secret to a long marriage in the film industry? Marry someone wonderful, as I did. And always have her come along…

— Christopher Lee

There are many vampires in the world today - you only have to think of the film business.

— Christopher Lee

There was a gap of seven years between the first and second Dracula movies. In the second one as everybody knows, I…

— Christopher Lee

I don't really like long flights any more - I find them too tiring. Flying always involves the same things these days…

— Christopher Lee

If I had any deadly secrets, I wouldn't still be alive.

— Christopher Lee

One of the first things a British visitor to Southern California discovers is that he must have a car. Freeways. Bad public…

— Christopher Lee