It's what you don't see that keeps you on the edge... -Christopher Lee

It's what you don't see that keeps you on the edge of your seat in any kind of film - leave it to the imagination of the viewer.

Christopher Lee , Actor
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English actor, remembered for his iconic roles as Dracula in Hammer Horror films and Saruman in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

Christopher Lee Quotes to Explore

There is something sad about malevolence, to be wicked. I have always tried to make that come across in the villains I have played....
My great-grandmother was born in London, the daughter of a Brixton coachman, and became the most famous singer in Australia. Her name was Marie Carand...
On the Italian side, we can trace the family back 2,000 years. I have a cousin in Rome, a famous archaeologist, Count Andrea Carandini, who was in Lom...
My favourite country is Finland because once you get to a certain point, you can drive for hours without seeing a single person. I love peace and quie...
Acting as a profession came to me by chance: in 1946, after the war, I was having lunch with my cousin, who was the Italian ambassador, and he asked, ...
One of the first things a British visitor to Southern California discovers is that he must have a car. Freeways. Bad public transport. I took driving ...
When I first read 'Lord of the Rings,' I wanted to see a film of it. But at that time, the technology wasn't there; there was no such thing as CGI....
It's what you don't see that keeps you on the edge of your seat in any kind of film - leave it to the imagination of the viewer....
The secret to a long marriage in the film industry? Marry someone wonderful, as I did. And always have her come along on location....
'The Impossible Dream' is, in my opinion, one of the greatest songs ever written. Here is a man, an old man, a very old man full of daring, bravery, c...

Imagination Quotes to Explore

I just can't afford to get bored, because if you've been blessed with a generous imagination, which a lot of actors have, to be engaged, to be stimula...
'A Princess of Mars' may not have exerted the same colossal pull that Tarzan had on the global imagination, but its influence on generations of reader...
I do as much comedy as I possibly can, but I'm basically limited by the imagination of the secretaries who make the decisions....
I had this wild imagination. I was never me. All my childhood photos, I'm in fancy dress, playing a Russian refuge or Marvelous Mad Madam Mim....
It would be too frightening for me to consider myself a role model. But I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your imagination rule you, to f...
I'm a light sleeper. I've never been one of those people who can put their head down and suddenly everything disappears. Nighttime is the time I get m...
I guess something that I've noticed from American acts who had success in touring is more of an explanation as to their music. Which is I think quite ...
I didn't have the equipment for the regular world of being a lawyer. I didn't have the imagination for that. I did have a funny kind of ambition, but ...
There's just so many great stories in the past that you can know a little bit about, but you can't know it all, and that's where imagination can work....
With the world as it now presents itself, there is something perverse, and probably dysfunctional, about a person who stays in the same house for 40 y...