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Sammy Davis Jr. was a real movie buff who loved nothing better than being around a film studio - whether he was working or not.

I'm sorry to say that no, I do not play the piano.

Bond may be a very international, cosmopolitan kind of character, but underneath it all, he is essentially British.

You can either grow old gracefully or begrudgingly. I chose both.

In my teens, I was very insecure. And so I invented Roger Moore.

You can't be a real spy and have everybody in the world know who you are and what your drink is. That's just hysterically funny.

It's very tempting to over-eat all the bad things when you're on a film set.

I was considered chubby as a teen.

When I was playing James Bond, it was the best job in the world. I mean, it was hard work, all that filming and travelling and tedium on set, but I earned a lot of money, and it was not a taxing job. I just had to say, 'Shaken, not stirred.'

My attitude about death is, going into the next room, and it's a room that the rest of us can't get into because we don't have the key. But when we do get the key, we'll go in there, and we'll see one another again, in some shape or form or whatever. It's not the end.

Peter Sellers was a solitary character, always preferring to hide behind a mask, and consequently, you never really got to know the real Sellers.

I replaced Jim Garner in 'Maverick.' I replaced George Sanders in 'The Saint.' I've replaced everybody.

Lana Turner taught me how to kiss on the set of the movie 'Diane' in the early Fifties.

When I was eight, an uncle, great uncle, gave a violin to me, and my father took me off to have lessons. After about six weeks, the violin teacher told my father he was wasting his money, wasting his time, and wasting my time, and it's one of my big regrets.

Many take the roles home with them and live the part. I'm quite happy to leave mine at the studio and return home as I left: simple old Roger Moore.

Being eternally known as Bond has no downside.

When I played Ivanhoe, kids used to come along and kick me because they thought I wore armour under my clothes. When I was Maverick, I was accepted as a cowboy. And in 'The Persuaders,' I became Lord Brett Sinclair. In other words, I am what I am for as long as I am.

Sometimes I've had to put myself on a diet.

There is nothing glamorous about death.

Sadly, I had to retire from the Bond films. The girls were getting younger, and I was just getting too old.

Whenever I'm asked who my favourite co-star is, I always hesitate in giving an answer.