Roger Moore's hilarious Niven story
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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... - Zábava
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.
Yes Yes Yes
Niven abused children.
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...
@@oliverholmes-gunning5372 splendid!
A great man who never took himself too seriously.
Sir Roger Moore- gorgeous, hracious, debonair - even at 84. A gorgeous, funny, talented actor. Missed but never forgotten. RIP
That "but" doesn't make any sense in your sentence. It should read "and".
Moore was a racist Tory Thatcherite who funded apartheid.
He was far too old to play James Bond.
Roger Moore and David Niven, true gentlemen actors sadly the types we don't have these days
Roger Moore died a few years ago. He was of my parents generation. I miss him. Also David Niven, Sean Connery, Richard Burton and Richard Harris.
If us young men behaved like roger more the world would be a better place x
Absolutely.
Couldn't agree more
Roger Moore....For me, the BEST Bond!!
I miss Roger Moore, he was a great man, may he rest in peace!
Me too
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.
Raised a fortune for charities, too, did Sir Roger.
@@jeffstone2136 He was once the president of unicef.
@@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.
try to get hold of Niven's books. "Moons a Balloon", "Bring On The Empty Horses". Wonderful
First two bio's I read,v.funny,have you heard Niven's crab joke ,on u tube.
First books i ever read..
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 CZcams. 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 ?
Maybe while you're back there you could pay attention in School and learn the the difference between Whose and Who's.......😊
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 .
@@Zacharia503 And perhaps he could get a primer to help you to learn that one shouldn't capitalise unnecessarily. 👍
@@ginojaco I probably should've put the words in speech marks, but who's to say that those capitals were unnecessary? Who decides; you?
When are we leaving?
Once upon a time we had great actors!
Niven & Moore. Two Gentlemen. A Rare Breed
Roger is so down to earth and with great sense of humour!
In the 70's my mother asked him for an autograph and he told her to "fuck off"
A perfect English Gent. RIP Roger Moore.
The Saint is one of the best TV shows. I saw it as a teen and recently from a librarys DVDs.
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.
@@Zacharia503 What books, movies, etc. have the original Saint?
Yes I remember watching The Saint with Rodger Moore when I was a kid .
Moore is three years older than Connery.
Moore was already 45 in his first Bond film, whereas Connery was only 31 in Dr No.
Moore was 46 in 1973.
Oh...
Incredible! 🍷
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’m sure Connery could have knocked them both out as he did Johnny Stompamato
Connery is a far superior actor
@@stevechristie2569 better Bond too.
@@e-curb nonsense.... Sir Roger Moore was the greatest Bond ever....
@@schreineinAV Although David Niven is an excellent actor, as Bond, he was horrible.
RIP Roger Moore. James Bond, the Saint, alleged towel thief :) A guy who was pure class to the very end.
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".
Emma Peele anyone...(hears applause)
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?)
Absolutely. The embodiment of English cool.
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.
Moore was playing Bond when he was playing The Saint....
And in the Persuaders as well.
Totally agree he's my 007. I was too young for Sean ,and Roger didn't need to act like an englishman
One of favorite Bond actors. Seemed like a terrific gentleman here.
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...
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!
I don't really know Roger Moore but I just adore and love David Niven!!! ❤❤❤
He was a great Very well grounded all his life RIP Roger
Thankyou to you and Mr Niven for all the joy you gave us with your fantastic talent 👍♥️
He is the best Bond of all time. His movies were pure and utter fun and everything he has done has been brilliant. I tip my hat to thee, Sir Roger!
Agreed. Daniel Craigs are too PC and serious.
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
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.
Thanks for the memories .
I just heard he's passed away. R.I.P Roger Moore.
being able to take the piss out of yourself, we should all live by that philosophy.
Love Sir Rog. Great humour and humility. Real Gentleman. Many could learn from him!
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.
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.
HE WAS MY FAVOURITE BOND. A STERLING ACTOR.
I think that bleeped word started with a small "C" lol
Roger Moore = the definition of suave.
The best bond for me .
David Nivin was a Class Actor and Human Being .
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.
Was he really? I haven't seen a movie with him in ages, but I always liked him.
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.
I was actually reacting to "He was a terrible actor though", not to wether or not he was liked or likable. :)
@ 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...😏
My favourite Bond ever.
Actors who had character and charisma.
Much missed fantastic actor and person.
Mr.Moore is my James Bond.
Roger Moore is my favorite Bond
A working actor. And proud of it. Good for him.
FROM SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST. GREAT 💖💝👍
Great reply!
Roger Moore is awesome!
Is he? If you say so!
He's 84 years old.Give him a a break.Looks pretty good for that age I think.
Looks great for his age iv seen 40 year olds that look worse lol
british acting legend,
My fave Bond
Roger Moore is a legend and - from my PoV - the best James Bond of all times. Because he was funny and not a killer!
sometimes just have class Niven and moore stars have class because they have class
My favorite bond
just one lovely man. j.
I'd never seen him off stage befoe. What a lovel man.
So handsome and a great James Bond!
the best
I agree 100% with you!
Love him foreveR.
God bless you! RIP. X
Class Act my 007 🙏🏻🙏🏻
For me personally, Roger was THE best Bond, I know I sound like Alan Partridge, but there you are. Thank you Roger, you are sadly missed.
Stop getting Bond wrong!!
Ooh, little bit of bush...
A Gent !
Their generation was full of great actors who had class
No: the adult audience of their generation was used to "class" in public life, so they demanded that even cunts would appear to be classy.
lovely man Roger Moore.....watch him in a film callled...'The Man Who Haunted Himself'......hehe
Legendary....Mr Rodger moore
Such a class act
I thought his appearance on Car SOS was brilliant! The outtake at the end where he tells Tim Shaw to 'F*ck off' in such an eloquent way was excellent!
I wish they still made Bond films. It's all over for Bond nowadays.
my favorite James Bond
Sir Roger Moore was the only man to be able to hold true the Bond identity after Sean C left .
And the most important line is blanked out !!
“Do you expect me talk?”
“No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!”
Wrong bond Sir..
He is great actor
So true.
What a great speaking voice he has.
Roger Moore is the best!
Moore was already 45 in his first Bond film.
Craig has already done three, and he's still only 44 now.
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.
Clearly not or you wouldn't have written this comment.
Well that's out of the window these days. Jesus people getting fired over ancient tweets.
That's because he's Bond James Bond
Sir Roger is solid gold, so British, so understated - live long Roger and keep up the good work !
Great actor, but more importantly, a nice guy!
Ha ha ha ! Great story
Classic!
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!
The guy was a class act
Great book funny as well full of stories my word is my bond 10 out of 10 .
The only James Bond I will watch.
May the Roj be with you. Always.
He speaks perfect English.
Probably because he's engish, crazy that.
Ah-ha! Thanks!
Top Man - British Legend
What a guy.........
Wow.... a joke where they bleeped the punchline. What a waste of time.
BushPilot44
he said "it pays to be a cunt"
It was hard to read his lips because they blocked his entire face with fucking pop-ups.
BushPilot444
yes, a waste of time and a disgrace to his memory.
Famous story Roger dined out on for decades 😂
R.I.P. Roger Moore
The Best Bond