Sir Roger answers your questions May2006

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Dear Sir Roger

Noel here (also from Australia) - what can I say? We're everywhere! (Your fans, that is).

I have watched the TCM interview you did recently many times and it was wonderful, thanks.

I really find it interesting learning more about UNICEF through the interviews/work you do - it is a valuable and noble thing you do.

My question is this:

Are you bound by UNICEF to go to a country even though it may be widely known that it has questionable human rights practices or can you choose not to go there? For example China.

Thank you for your time.

Best wishes
Noel

Hi Noel

In short, no I am not bound by UNICEF. Each visit I make is subject to a discussion about where I am going, what they hope to achieve as a result and also what I'm getting into! I can indeed choose not to go, but if we avoided every country which we had concern about human rights in, then nothing would change for the better.

 

 

Dear Sir Roger Moore

I bet that you are tired of us fans asking you all these questions, but I think it is great that you could find the time and answer our questions.

I am a big fan of the James Bond franchise. I have seen them all and I intend to watch the upcomming Casino Royale.

I do like the cars that James Bond has driven over the years, like the Aston Martin DB5, DB7, V8 Vantage and (my personal favorite) the Lotus Esprit My question to you is what type of vehicles have you owned in the past?

Thank you, for the films and roles that you have magnificently played in. And may I also say that you are a great humanitarian.

Reguards Victor Sydney, Australia

 

Hi Victor

Oh goodness. I've owned a heck of a lot of cars, from the most basic rust bucket to a Rolls Royce. I've always had a soft spot for Volvo and I guess a lot of my cars have been Volvos - starting with the P1800, and now I have a S60.

Gone are the days when I went for sporty cars, now I like good dependable comfortable cars - all the ones I own fall into that category.

Watch a film of Sir Roger receiving a membership of the Swedish Volvo members club.

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Hi Sir Roger,
This may be an impossible question for you to answer, but I'll try it anyway just in case you're able to come up with a response.

Of all the acting roles you've ever had, which one was the most challenging and rewarding? By that, I mean which part required you to step furthest out of your comfort zone, and "become" a character very much removed from the real you?

To me, Rufus Excalibur ffolkes looked and behaved very differently for a Roger Moore character, so I think that may be the one that required the most acting. Then again, you had to put over some pretty subtle emotions in The Man Who Haunted Himself, so that also might be a contender. Oh yes, and in Sicilian Cross you played a rare villainous role (albeit an heroic villain, by virtue of being surrounded by even uglier and nastier characters than your own).... perhaps that might be your choice? Maybe it's a role that I haven't mentioned here....

I hope you can provide an answer to this question. I'd be fascinated to know your own opinion on the matter!

Thanks.

Jonathon

Hello Jonathan

Not an easy question to answer. I guess one part I had concern about was James Bond in For Your Eyes Only. It was a more gritty film, and in one scene Bond has to kick a car, balanced on the edge of a cliff, thereby disposing of our villain over the side. I wasn't keen to do it. I wanted to toss his badge (his white dove, calling sign) into the car for it to topple. But the director argued that Bond is angry, his friend had been murdered and it was appropriate.

Off on another angle, I loved the part of ffolkes. He was such an abnoxious, arrogant character that you had to love him. It was nice to play it that way for once. Those parts don't come along too often.

Dear Sir Roger,

as a young teacher (I'm 25)I'm very interested in the question of education. I suppose you have visited numerous schools and have seen a lot of educative systems in many countries (poor & rich countries).
Many people think today school doesn't do the job it has to do (education & socialization)anymore. I mean, a lot persons say "it was better before" than today and that children don't want to learn anymore and don't now what living together and respect mean anymore (especially in our individualistic societies of high technology).
It's difficult for me to compare with the past, but I notice every day that my pupils want to know a lot of things, or better everything about everything.
I would like to ask if you feel the education system is not efficient anymore or on the contrary if school is today more important than ever? Do you think children aren't able to learn or they are more curious and able to learn than ever?

Thank you very much and one more time, thank you for being who you are.

Best wishes from Pierre H.

Dear Pierre

Education is as important, if not more important than ever. Through it we can save lives, develop technology and hopefully create a better world. It's easy to say it's not like it used to be. But then again, what is?

In my experience, children are always eager to learn - can you show me an eight year old in the western world who can't operate a computer, programme the VCR and play the most sophisticated video games? That doesn't just happen, they learn how to do it. Children consume knowledge, whether it be one of the forementioned, or the three Rs. They have an inbuilt curiousity and desire to learn. The world is a very exciting place and growing smaller all the time. That can only be a good thing. In years to come this generation will say "it's not like it used to be" mark my words

Dear Sir Roger,

Looking at your photo with Gareth Owen reminds one of the man who I think spends most of the time in the background of a famous person and probably does not get enough recognition. I suppose Gareth is a very efficient man and does a lot of work for you.

Yet I wonder what exactly a PA has to do? Is he a kind of secretary who you dictate letters to or does he shield you from unpleasant people, etc? What are your requirements for a good PA and did you have one before Gareth?

Thank you very much and the very best wishes
Martin

PS: Don’t worry please, I am not applying for the job. I type far too poorly, nobody would hire me…

Hi Martin

I've often wondered myself what Gareth does, aside from drinking coffee and eating chocolate biscuits all day. Still, he calls it work.

I have had an assistant pretty much since the days of The Saint. They handle everything I don't always have time or am able to - correspondance, organising travel, enquiries, paying bills, liasing with production companies, determining who to work with and who to avoid, organising itineraries with UNICEF, and generally ensuring life runs a bit easier and being a point of contact wherever I am in the world; not only for me but for my family, agent, publicist and business manager.

In between, he drinks coffee and eats biscuits!

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Dear Sir Roger,

How are you? I hope you are fine.
Human behaviour is very curious: We always have an idol, a person who we think very highly. We appreciate our idols. Above all in our childhood. I believe every children have an idol, and they are mad about him or her. But idols are not exclusive to the childhood. Adults can have an idol too. Why not? Of course you have been my idol since my childhood, since I saw you for first time. And of course you still are my idol.
So my question is: Have you ever had an idol? Who was or who is your idol? I think idols are very important because at the end we are like our idols, we have a similar behaviour. What do you think about this? That is all.

Thank you for to spend your time in your fans and for your work too. Nobody does it better.

Best wishes from your Spanish friend:
David Herce Pérez

Hi David

Yes I'm very well thanks.

Indeed everyone has an idol or person they admire. Right now I look at Kofi Annan and Nelson Mandella and admire them greatly. As a child my idols were the stars of the silver screen - David Niven, Gregory Peck, Humphrey Bogart, Peter O'Toole ... their adventures swept me away, and I feel in love with movies.

Idols don't have to be famous or world-figures. I for one idolised my mother and father too, as I think all children do and should do.

I've often been called Idol. Or is it Idle?

Kofi Annan and Nelson Mandella

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