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Sir Roger Moore has added his voice to the international appeal for aid to help the people of Asia. Sir Roger says people should not forget the plight of tsunami victims.
Sir Roger “It is hard to ignore the humanitarian disaster in Asia. Hundreds of thousands of children are in need Unicef needs your support to help these children and make a difference to their lives. Your donations to Unicef will help make that difference. Click on the link below to make an on-line donation or buy goods to help the hundreds of thousands of children and families struggling to survive the aftermath of the Asian earthquakes and tsunami .
Purchase gifts here and help UNICEF at the same time! Also you may get involved with UNICEF by joining or get alerts, or maybe visiting UNICEF in your country.

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Hello Sir Roger

I have recently come home from 3 weeks holiday in the USA and was glad to find at the various airports I visited that the Change for Good Unicef envelopes were still being used.

I trust this is still a fruitful program for UNICEF, can you tell us (if you know) how much of a difference it is making and in what kind of ways please?

Noel

Her Majesty The Queen was hosted by Lord Marshall, British Airways Chairman, Lord Puttnam, President of UNICEF UK, and Sir Roger Moore, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.

It is a terrifically valuable source of income to UNICEF. Over the last 11 years, the loose change people donate in the ‘Change for Good’ envelopes has raised £18 million; and has supported populations with many different needs, including indigenous migrant children and their families, children at risk of commercial sexual exploitation, children who work, children with drug addictions and pregnant teenagers and young mothers.
Over the next two years UNICEF will focus on improving access to and the quality of education to provide children who have dropped out of school or who work during school hours the opportunity to gain a formal education !

Read more about Change for Good

http://www.unicef.org.uk/oldcurrency/

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Hi Sir Roger

I was also at the Billy Elliot musical last month, I think you were in row J. What did you think of the musical? Are you appearing in any more plays? The last one I saw was 'The Play What I Wrote'

Thank you David

Both Kristina and I loved it. It was a wonderful show, with such a talented and hard-working cast. I was quite tired just watching some of the routines! What great music too I don't have any plans to appear on the stage.

The last time wasn't too successful as I ended up being taken to hospital in New York!.

Dear Sir Roger

Congratulations Sir Roger, your city, London, was selected as host city of the 2012 Olympic games. I remember your presence in soccer plays, in some of your films you practiced race cars, ski and others. By the way, which is your sport preferred? Thanks a lot, hasta pronto,
Dixon Moya
Bogotá, Colombia

Whilst I would like to take credit for all of the sporting 'activities' in the movies I've been in, it would be unfair to the talented bunch of experts and doubles who made me look so good to say I did it all. Oh I don't know though ...

I enjoy tennis, though don't play very often nowadays, and skiing ... oh yes and swimming. As for driving, I take it nice and easy - I certainly don't race.

Dear Sir Roger,
during your career, you met many amazing people in show business. Some you worked with and some you were friend with off screen. I recently saw a photo of you sharing a good laugh with Peter Sellers and I was wondering if this great actor was a friend of you. I've heard he sometimes had quite a strange behaviour during shootings and in his private life and I wondered if you had that kind of experience with him. Is it because you knew him that you agreed to play Clouseau in The Curse of the Pink Panther ? Many thanks in advance for your answer and best wishes.

I think I know the photograph you're referring to. It was in the South Of France when we were making The Persuaders. Peter Sellers was on his honeymoon, with new wife Miranda Quarry, and visited the set.

I knew Peter socially, and later we both lived in Gstaad. I can't say I ever really knew him very well, nor experienced his reportedly strange behaviour. He was undoubtedly a very complex personality and, I think, at times very unhappy.

It wasn't really through knowing him that I agreed to play Clouseau, though of course I was well aware of the great success and popularity Peter brought the part.

It sounded like fun, was a couple of days filming at Pinewood and carried a rather nice cheque!

Picture supplied by Jaz Wiseman of The Morning After club

Dear Sir Roger,

Today your daughter Deborah s an attractive young lady but I still remember her role in The Persuaders episode “The Long Goodbye” (mostly because I was watching it

yesterday…).
I believe you were also directing that episode.

My question:
Do you still remember working with your little daughter? I think she must have been about 7 years old or so that time. She had a few lines to say, opposite Tony Curtis, when standing on a pavement. Was it easy for her to learn her text? At the end of her appearance she looked to the side, towards someone who obviously must have been standing nearby, was that you?

Thank you, the best wishes and kind regards
Martin

Yes indeed I remember it well, and recently saw it again during a DVD commentary for the UK discs of the show coming out early next year.

Deborah was around the set quite a lot, so it was just like being a part of one big happy family to her; and to step the other side of the camera didn't faze her at all.

Tony was terrific with her too, and yes it was me that she looked at at the end - making sure it was a good take!

There was a little controversy, no I exagerrate when I say that ... let's just say I never really thought about her wearing her own school uniform being a problem. The school tended to think otherwise and suggested we should have asked permission!

Oh well, these things happen ....

Dear Roger

The film version of The Persuaders is to be made it seems, do you like the ides of this? And would you like to be involved if asked? The original is such a masterpiece of fun.

My best regards to you John

Yes I think it's a terrific idea - particularly as I own part of it!

I think the premise of having these chalk and cheese characters team up has always been a good one, and is timeless. Let's hope they get the script and casting right though. That's the key.

If they ask me, and pay enough (!), then sure I'll be involved.