Lee Van Cleef Quotes

#1. Bad guys have always been my bag ... I look mean without even trying.

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#2. I tried to learn the languages - Italian, Spanish, and German - not to successfully. Working on a European set isn't a hell of a lot different from working on an American set.

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#3. Audiences just naturally hate me on screen. I could play a role in a tuxedo, and people would think I was rotten. You can do much more with a villain part.

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#4. I don't care where I work. Films are an international business - not an American institution.

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#5. A lot of actors think that the more lines they have the more attention they get. That's bullshit. I make people look at me. I don't have to say a lot of words.

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#6. Movies are full of leading men, most of whom aren't working. It's much harder to find a good villain.

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#7. If I could direct it [films] I would be very happy. But the economics of business don't always allow you to do what you want.

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#8. One day, something happened. It made life very precious to me.

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#9. You go where the work is. It can be in my own back yard, Israel, Spain, or Yugoslavia. We may have the greatest technical efficiency in the world, but our artistic values are not necessarily the best.

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#10. I'll never kick dogs, I'll never hurt a child, I'll never slap a woman - three things I won't do on film.

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#11. I'd like to do more comedy, but i think my forte is still in the heavy. I'd love to do a comic lead, a musical.

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