Subscribe our RU-vid channel for free here: sc.mp/2kAfuvJ In an interview with Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, former James Bond actor Sir Roger Moore uses the 'C' word to describe himself and David Niven. Hilarious story...
Roger Moore... such a lovely guy, as was David Niven. The reason he was told to stop ‘belittling’ himself is that the American movie moguls don’t understand self-deprecation and take it at face value. But self-deprecation is an essential part of the British sense of humour, and an acknowledgement that life is, on the whole, quite ridiculous.
I grew up in Spain where self-deprecation also doesn't really exist as a concept, and I've had more than one friend come up to me genuinely concerned that I was suffering from some kind of pathological self-hatred😂 Culture collisions are always so fascinating...
The sad part about this is that most people around the world believe that ALL Americans are like the movie moguls, which I don’t think is true, however, I have noticed that the American trend of selling yourself in job applications has become the norm all over the place these days and I was taught growing up, that blowing your own trumpet is an obnoxious thing to do, so I’m exteremely uncomfortable with the idea of having to ‘sell myself’ by touting my own achievements to some prospective employer. My attitude is; if you think my past exoerience and achievements fit your expectations for the job, fine, but if you want me to elaborate on why I am a better person foir the job than someone else, then go and hire a used car salesman, because I’m not interested in working for people that shallow.
Definitely my favorite Bond because I went to my grandparents house in Ohio instead of Florida for Spring Break senior year and we watched a Bond movie marathon every night. Mostly the Roger Moore ones. It was on TBS and I still remember the intro/outros during commercials. They would be in their favorite chairs looking up from a book or a puzzle. And I would be on an overstuffed couch with no cell phone to distract me. Best week of my life, and the official end of my childhood since I graduated two months later.
My mother's aunt Doris, worked for Liz and Richard Burton as a nanny in the 60s, sadly I never got to meet any of them, since I wasn't born and she came home to visit us in the 70s. She lived rest of her life close to Central Park in NYC. When I got to NYC the first time in 1996 I think, she had passed away a few years earlier. I heard stories of course. One of those things in life I wished I had done earlier, you know.🙄
That guy was doing stuff in the 70's that most stars wouldn't even consider doing today. He's worked with some of the greats and is a legend himself. He's a genuine humble man.Let him age as he wishes.
did i miss something? did someone say something about his age? i remember the days when i would say things about elders being elderly....then I became one. People that snark about that are letting their immaturity show.
@@victorformosa2825 Don't think he was President, but he was certainly an Ambassador for UNICEF. That was at the request of his great chum, Audrey Hepburn, who herself, was an Ambassador.
Much as I love Roger, I could never match him up with the James Bond as written by Ian Fleming. The Saint changed when Leslie Charteris moved to the U.S.A. for WW2; he lost his fire and became much more urbane. Roger played the latter Saint very well, but I've never yet seen anybody play him as originally written.
Read them years ago. Very funny and self deprecating. A better actor than he gave himself credit for. And Roger Moore. In the man who haunted himself he showed his acting skills.
One of the audio books is here on RU-vid. I listened to it a few months ago and it was a pure delight hearing all those great stories being told IN NIVEN'S VOICE!!
Yes at least the moons of balloon is here on audiobooks I don't know about the other one but I'm glad for people who don't like to read or prefer to listen to them when they're dozing off to sleep
I'd love an old telly that played all the 70s programmes I liked . Or better still a time machine to go back to the 70s aged 15 & how everything was then . Whose coming ?
Yes in 1970 I was 12 years old ... so many wonderful things about the 70s and people just seemed more down-to-earth back then . Nowadays things keep getting weirder , it seems .
I am so glad that was I born in 1971,allowing me to grow up with the Roger Moore era bond films.I did miss Live And Let Die,and The Man With The Golden Gun,during their original releases,but I did get to see all of the others at the cinema,as well as ffolkes and Escape To Athena. The latter stars both Roger Moore and David Niven.
Roger Moore and Patrick Macnee have always been my cultural icons, ever since I was just a kid. Sir Roger's portrayal of Simon Templar on '60's TV'S THE SAINT was the gold standard for the terms "suave, urbane, debonair".
What? Do I take it you mean...peel Emma? How dare you sir! You are an absolute...bounder! I shall have you stricken from the club membership for such insinuation! Indeed, I will...sir! (hears applause...or was that a fart?)
What a star this man is. Modest, humble, funny, charming, down to earth and witty. Here's a true story. My mate is a bodyguard/actor and was with Roger one particular day doing his job as a bodyguard at some awards. With Rodge was Sean Connery and he had a bodyguard of his own. My mate (a huge fella ) disliked Connery and told me he found him a big-headed bastard, but he thought RM was the greatest. The two bodyguards didn't get along so they sorted it out and my mate knocked out Connery's man.
I think, like most Bond fans, that Sean Connery was the best movie 007. However, when I read the Fleming novels, it's Roger Moore I picture in my mind. And, watching the old TV show The Saint, it's obvious that Moore has been playing Bond his whole adult life. Truly great at it.
Roger Moore is a good actor who has done great movies for us, and given 100% of his life in James Bond, The Persuaders and other films I liked very much...
im fasanated by rogers work,to be bond thru the 70s and 80s is amazing ,wat he seen and done and also i grew up watchng him as bond.he is my fav guy .fan 2 the end
agree Dave...having read his three memoirs (which btw are A HOOT) and some of his friends books that he was close to...in his friends books the people they knew an others they worked with all had very high regard for this gentleman. I've haven't seen pans on his books or 'call outs' as far veracity is questioned. In fact what I have read about Hollywood in that time, that he was extremely well liked and sought after as a guest. As far as his first wife dying in an accident during a game they played that called for the house to be dark in order to play; with her falling from a stair landing during the darkness. As far as the 2nd wife not wanting to be buried with him it was all about him wanting to be buried in a certain spot an her wanting to do same but in a different country.
Whomever did that 'ripping' only did it for the attention it drew and the possible $$$ he or she may've made from doing so. One of my 'hobbies' is the entertainment 'history'; mostly Hollywood from it's beginnings to the `70's. That being said, of all the people that cross the pages of the hundreds or so books I've perused not once did I see anything negative about David Niven...in fact it was all on the positive side...the one thing I do remember being tossed about as questionable were the circumstances surrounding his first wife's death..all from people who weren't there..the ones that were all say it was a tragic accident Life in my experience has shown me that people are much quicker to believe negative things than the more positive aspects...especially when it comes to celebrities which is an industry unto itself.
@ fireatheart yeah..on his acting ability..he was the type that IMHO did a 'walk through' it was more about his personality being filmed rather than his 'acting chops'..he was superb in light comedies. He'd never be confused with a Tracy or Oliver or a De Niro or Pacino the long diatribe previously was aimed at lechaise's comment on his memoirs being ripped and him not getting along with his last wife...which I found to be a BS statement...😏
Roger Moore is an iconic actor whose career is patrimony of Cinema's History! Niven was very ill at his last performance, but bravely took the job, confirming he passion of acting - just like Moore!
A lovely man and a true English gent, I particularly liked his response when asked about his experience acting with that obnoxious split-arse Grace Jones, 'I was always taught, says he, that if one had nothing good to say about a person, say nothing' a quote I will remember and use myself.
As a young man in the 60's and 70's, my ideal of British coolness and manly charm was David Niven and Roger Moore. Before he was 007, Roger Moore was The Saint on my television and David Niven was a war hero in countless movies and I thought they were both brilliant.
I was a little kid watching "The Shy Who Loved Me" in my bedroom. Never forget their battles vs the "jaws" (Richard Kiel, R.I.P). Incredible gentleman, very talented, the man with the super IQ, my favourite James Bond actor and "The Shy Who Loved Me" is my fav Moore's film.. Legend of the legends, R.I.P!
"Across the top he wrote..." What? I mean, what's the point of posting a video where the sound is so bad you need to lip-read, and then putting links to other videos across the speaker's mouth. Also, the closed captions don't work. Complete waste of time.
For a long time I wondered what Roger would have looked like eau naturelle and just left his barnet alone. He would of looked distinguished with a grey mop. Still watch The Saint and still love it.
