These are the questions which Sir Roger
Moore answered for February 2005.
The previous months Q and A's will also
be here soon.
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Q1
Dear Sir Roger
Noel here from Australia again. I trust you are well and happy.
Anyway, my question is:
I know your time is mostly taken up with UNICEF, but do you still
have time to or like to draw anymore? You are very good at it, the
drawing you did of your children as a Christmas card was wonderful.
Also, if I could ask, do you have a favourite artist?
Thanks for continuing to answer our questions considering your busy
schedule.
Kindest regards
Noel Members name nhv007
Sir
Roger Moore says
Sir Roger. I doodle occassionally and make
the odd little sketch on the back of a napkin ... unlike Picasso
restaurants tell me they'd prefer the cash though!
I don't really have a favourite artist. I
admire anyone who can draw, paint, sculpt or animate ... it's a
skill I never really developed to any great extent, well I was fired
from my first job, but I do find it quite relaxing
Q2
Dear Sir Roger:
I’m thirteen years old and I live in Chile (you visited us
some years ago). Please forgive me if there are any spelling mistakes.
First of all, I would like to thank you for taking the time to answer
our questions, and of course congratulate you for your work at UNICEF.
I have watched your Bond films since when I was five years old and
I am very fond of them, but I wanted to ask you about the film Bullseye!.
Is there any anecdote or interesting story that you could share
with me about that film?
Thanks in advance, Mattjoes
Sir
Roger Moore says
Sir Roger. Bullseye ... well, calm down
dear it's only a film.
When I first heard about the film, it was
set on the Orient Express travelling through Europe. What a great
gig. But then as we got nearer to production, the money-men decided
that was too expensive and instead it became a trip through Scotland!
Not quite the same, but hey that's show business.
I did enjoy making the film though - with
my old mate Sir Maurice. My particular favourite scene was when
I dressed up as the blind piano tuner. I was quite outrageous.
Q3
Hello Roger
When you were spotted by the MGM talent scout in 1953, could you
try to give us some idea how it felt for a young up-and-coming actor
to go to such a large studios in Hollywood and rub shoulders with
some of the greatest movie screen legends and specifically which
people impressed you when you met them?
Cheers David. Member name David
Sir
Roger Moore says
Sir Roger. It was on April 1st 1954 that
I walked into MGM - there was on omen! It was, I guess, at the tail
end of the great studio days, but it was still very exciting to
meet people that I'd seen on the big screen at my local Odeon -
Lana Turner, Elizabeth Taylor, Stewart Granger, Grace Kelly and
so forth.
I must admit that I was in total awe of Stewart Granger. He was
my idol. He was so charming and friendly towards me. Many years
later we both appeared in The Wild Geese. Alas, we didn't share
a scene, but we did meet. I told him that as a child he was my idol
and how I'd announced, upon hearing I'd been accepted into RADA,
that I was going to be "the next Stewart Granger". He
seemed totally perplexed as to why anyone would want to be him -
such was the charming, unassuming man.
Q4
Dear Sir Roger,
First of all I would like to say how much I admire you for your
career (your James Bond was the ultimate hero of my childhood),for
what you do as UNICEF ambassador and simply for the nice person
and the perfect gentleman you have always been. You have what I
call "ATC": A Touch of Class!
Thank you for beeing who you are.
I've had the joy to see you last year on a swiss show called "Fensterplatz"
(by the way: congratulations for your pronounciation!); I was nevertheless
surprised to see you in Cran-Montana as I know you live in Gstaad.
So my question is:
What is your favourite place in Switzerland: Gstaad and the Bernese
Oberland or Cran Montana and the Valais?
Anyway, I think you find Switzerland is a beautiful land, don't
you?
Thank you for your answer.
Best whishes
Pierre .
Sir
Roger Moore says
Sir Roger. Well, I spent many years living
in Gstaad and still visit there regularly - as my son and his partner
Jamie have a restaurant there. Crans is equally beautiful, and peaceful.
It's a very beautiful country all round to be honest, and I'm very
fortunate to call it home
Q5
Hello Sir Roger
I remember watching the clipping of you on the TV program called
The Best of British in which we see you in I believe your very first
film close-ups during the making of the film called Trottie True
with the monical to your eye. It's was quite amusing to see the
clip of the future James Bond in these more humble days. Was your
involvement very brief in this film because I wondered if you could
remember anything particular about making this film with you being
a newcomer and were there any other particular well-known actors
of the time on set?
Cheers Jim
Sir
Roger Moore says
Sir Roger. It was my first film at Pinewood
Studios - where I later spent many happy years. I played one of
many "stage door Johnnies" (one of the others being Christopher
Lee). Not a very starry start, as I think there were about 20 of
us sharing a dressing room. I sort of shared a scene with Lana Morris,
which was very nice. Other johnnies included Ian Carmichael and
Patrick Cargill.
Q6
Roger I am 38, had acte in a few plays in high school. Is it too
late to get into acting? Do I need to graduate from a drama college
as you have done? Any advice for training as an actor and getting
a few starting roles?
From the member called escott
Sir
Roger Moore says
Sir Roger. It's never too late. A lot of actors didn't make their
start until in their prime - I remember Buster Merryfield - who
played Uncle Albert in Only Fools And Forses - saying that it wasn't
until he retired as a bank clerk that he got involved with amateur
dramatics, and then acting on tv. He was in his 60s - and never
stepped foot in drama college.
There's no set course. Many do go to college.
Others prefer to learn on the job, on stage.
I'd just say be passionate, hard working and determined and you'll
achieve your goal.
And only ever pay 10% to your agent!
Buster
Merryfield who played Uncle Albert on the left from Only Fools And
Forses. 1921- 1999
Thank you to Sir Roger Moore
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