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My Word Is My Bond: The Autobiography
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Roger Moore
The quintessential suave hero, Roger Moore has enjoyed a successful career that has spanned seven decades, from early television through the golden age of Hollywood and on to international superstardom. Dashing, handsome, and every inch the archetypal English gentleman, he is most widely known for making seven blockbuster films as arguably the most debonair 007 of all time
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Hardcover
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272 pages
Published
November 15th 2008
by Michael O'Mara
(first published October 2nd 2008)
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Reason for Reading: Roger Moore is the Bond I grew up with, the one I went to the movies to see as a teenager.
Comments: Right from the introduction Mr. Moore states that he will not be 'dirt-dishing' nor telling 'tittle tattle'; he wants to write a fun book filled with memories the way he saw them and the wonderful people he met in his life but he promises that does not mean it will be a 'fluffy book' either. Roger Moore lives up to this statement giving the reader a very enjoyable look inside h ...more
Comments: Right from the introduction Mr. Moore states that he will not be 'dirt-dishing' nor telling 'tittle tattle'; he wants to write a fun book filled with memories the way he saw them and the wonderful people he met in his life but he promises that does not mean it will be a 'fluffy book' either. Roger Moore lives up to this statement giving the reader a very enjoyable look inside h ...more
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I liked this book, but didn't love it. I would only recommend it to someone who already likes Moore - I liked his James Bond a lot and when I saw this book at the library I picked it up.
Moore is funny and his writing is mostly fun to read. He does, however, have a sincere love of of all potty humor/crotch related jokes. That wore a bit thin for me, and he freely admits that he's a schoolboy in the humor department. I liked the way Moore is free with his compliments, always describing people he ...more
Moore is funny and his writing is mostly fun to read. He does, however, have a sincere love of of all potty humor/crotch related jokes. That wore a bit thin for me, and he freely admits that he's a schoolboy in the humor department. I liked the way Moore is free with his compliments, always describing people he ...more
This book is exactly like Roger Moore's onscreen persona - kind, gentle, witty, naughty...and just a tad bitchy at times (well, forthright, if you prefer). It reads like he dictated the whole thing to someone (a ghost-writer quite likely) and then later went over and edited and rewrote bits.
And it's all the better for it! Because this is not one of those star biographies posing as the 'real truth' about so-and-so or claiming to be a serious piece of non-fiction. It's his story, in his words, in ...more
And it's all the better for it! Because this is not one of those star biographies posing as the 'real truth' about so-and-so or claiming to be a serious piece of non-fiction. It's his story, in his words, in ...more
When I began using an ebook reader about two and a half years ago, my reading life changed dramatically. I had been one of those who said it would never replace paper--and it won't. But when you live as I do in a place where printed books in English are astronomically expensive, even second-hand, with a climate that destroys paperbacks no matter how you try to preserve them, and you read like other people breathe, they are definitely the answer. However I discovered that like a child let loose i
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Jul 13, 2015
Graham
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A delightful autobiography from Bond actor Roger Moore, this book ably puts across the movie star's own distinctive brand of self-deprecation, wit, and wry humour. It's a very quick read too, skirting quickly from Moore's pre-war childhood in London to his antics in the war years and his gradual move into acting in the late '40s. Seeing his career develop from TV in the 1950s to world-wide super-stardom in the 1970s makes for a thoroughly engaging read.
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Dieser Mann ist einer der ganz wenigen Schauspieler, die auch noch interessante - und dabei amüsante - Autobiographien schreiben. Bisher habe ich "Bond on Bond" und eben dieses Buch gelesen... und beide Bücher gleichermaßen genossen. Im Grunde genommen präsentiert sich Moore in den Büchern so, wie es sich Fans von ihm sicherlich erhoffen: mit einer gewissen Selbstironie, aber dennoch im Zweifel mit dem gebührenden Ernst, warmherzig und eloquent. Schön finde ich, dass er seine Autobiographie nich
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Nach dieser Lektüre mag ich olle Roger Moore noch mehr, als das eh schon der Fall war. Gentleman durch und durch, selbst beim (selten vorkommenden) Verteilen kleiner Spitzen gegen Hollywoodpersonal, das bei ihm auf Lebenszeit verschissen hat. Statt reichlich schmutziger Wäsche aus der Filmwelt und drei gescheiterten Ehen bekommt man eine Fülle an Anekdoten aus einem langen und erfolgreichen Schauspielerleben, amüsant erzählt und den dringenden Wunsch weckend, mit Roger mal auf ein Gläschen Wein
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Jul 28, 2015
Diane
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A funny, charming, and surprisingly down to earth memoir by one of my favorite actors. Roger Moore tells of his happy childhood, his discovery of his love for acting ("Mum! Mum! I'm going to be Stewart Granger!"), and his long apprenticeship. He did not become an immediate star. It was many years of starring in repertory - derailed temporarily by a stint in national service - before breaking into TV and the movies. He kept his sense of humor all the while and managed to enjoy himself despite dif
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My fascination with the show, The Saint, which stars Roger Moore (and is currently running on RTE) brought me to this book. Roger's acting ability is debatable (even he admits that). What I always enjoy about this type of book is the name dropping and the anecdotes. It is fascinating! It is really fun because he knows he is truly dashing and stylish yet he has his foibles--Alleluia!--he has always struggled with his weight. The best chapter for me, as far as content, was the final one in which A
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Roger Moore's autobiography is a nice read. It's not a tell all. Moore has showbiz anecdotes and does name drop on the people he's met and worked with throughout his career. It could easily have been the story of struggling British actor makes good with "The Saint", "The Persuaders" and finally his role as one of the James Bonds, but what really makes this a standout read is how he was recruited to work with UNICEF by Audrey Hepburn and became their Goodwill Ambassador and traveled all over the
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Moore's good humor and engaging personality comes through on every page of his memoir. Although the book is a fairly superficial skimming of his life and career, there's still plenty of amusing anecdotes and production details for die-hard MAVERICK, SAINT, PERSUADERS and Bond fans (the stories about THE PERSUADERS are particularly entertaining). But readers looking for scandalous details about his love life, or those of other Hollywood personalities, will be disappointed. Overall, it's a fast, i
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Moore has an easy to read and entertaining voice and I enjoyed the first half of this well enough. There isn't a lot of variety to the book once he becomes famous though. Seemingly every chapter follows the pattern of getting a project off the ground, going to work on it, meeting some nice people, and then doing some charity work in between. It's very repetitive. I'm sure that Moore is great company at a dinner party but I don't think he's got a lot to say other than "being an actor is fun" and
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There is a lot wrong with this book as a book: Moore dozens of times introduces people as old friends but does not tell us when and how he met them nor does does he give any sense of why they became friends. Bad writing. He introduces some people then explains them later, in the case of his current wife, much later. More bad writing. Two of the final three chapters read like notes for a chapter and the last chapter is really life acknowledgments disguised as a chapter. Moore bad writing. Many of
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Everyone has their favorite James Bond. The one I grew up with was Roger Moore and his movies really stand out for me, mostly because his portrayal of James Bond was less brutal and more cheeky. I was really hoping for some great behind-the-scene stories from some of my favorite movies, but Moore is such a poor writer and he gave too many unimportant details that made it really difficult to read. There were some interesting stories in there but he just couldn't describe them.
A good Autobiography spoiled a little by a slow beginning and an end that seemed like an afterthought.
Nonetheless Moore is an actor who has achieved. It is easy to forget he was born in the 1920's and I am sure part of his style as an actor was derived from a an early period in cinema. The book is full of anecdotes and Moore comes across as a decent fellow with a good sense of humor. He was an only child and that screams out from the pages. He is doubtless self deprecating but it comes from a pr ...more
Nonetheless Moore is an actor who has achieved. It is easy to forget he was born in the 1920's and I am sure part of his style as an actor was derived from a an early period in cinema. The book is full of anecdotes and Moore comes across as a decent fellow with a good sense of humor. He was an only child and that screams out from the pages. He is doubtless self deprecating but it comes from a pr ...more
I enjoyed the book but just didn't get the satisfaction I normally get from reading memiors or autobigraphies especially on people that you admire for the work they do. I'm not sure what I was expecting from "Mr Bond" but I was left wanting to learn more about Moore.
While there are some funny stories that I enjoyed reading a few times to chuckle over, I was sometimes a little lost in the timeline. I did enjoy his wit and sense of humour that came across in the book.
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While there are some funny stories that I enjoyed reading a few times to chuckle over, I was sometimes a little lost in the timeline. I did enjoy his wit and sense of humour that came across in the book.
I recently attended a luncheon ...more
As a Bond fan I was very intrigued to see that Roger Moore had taken the time to write his memoirs. Considering the eighty years that Moore has lived and all the various projects he's done it seemed a bit daunting. Yet Moore brings his characteristic wit to the page for a highly enjoyable memoir.
Moore is famous for his wit and this book is full of it. It's there right in the subtitle of the first chapter: "I was an only child. You see, they achieved perfection first time round." From there Moor ...more
Moore is famous for his wit and this book is full of it. It's there right in the subtitle of the first chapter: "I was an only child. You see, they achieved perfection first time round." From there Moor ...more
This book is a nostalgic look at the man most remembered for his portrayal of secret agent James Bond 007 in the 1970s and 80s. Autobiography is often touch-and-go, and his style and structure both show that he is clearly not a professional writer. However, now well into his eighties, Mr Moore has a truly astounding memory, demonstrated as he recounts an almost endless stream of amusing anecdotes from decades past. Ever the polite English gentleman, he is very guarded when talking about people w
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Sir Roger Moore, perhaps best known as one of the assorted James Bonds, turns in a rather self-deprecating account of his life. Along the way from birth till publication, Moore tells of various hospitalizations, his professional growth from a clothing ad model to one of the most recognizable actors in the entire world, a handful of marriages and a spattering of colorful anecdotes of friends and colleagues along the way. Fans of Moore's aren't terribly likely to learn a lot of revelatory insights
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SUMMARY:
One of the most recognizable big-screen stars of the past half-century, Sir Roger Moore played the role of James Bond longer than any other actor. Beginning with the classic Live and Let Die, running through Moonraker and A View to a Kill, Moore brought his finely honed wit and wry charm to one of Hollywood's most beloved and long-lasting characters. Still, James Bond was only one in a lifetime of roles stretching back to Hollywood's studio era, and encompassing stardom in theater and te ...more
One of the most recognizable big-screen stars of the past half-century, Sir Roger Moore played the role of James Bond longer than any other actor. Beginning with the classic Live and Let Die, running through Moonraker and A View to a Kill, Moore brought his finely honed wit and wry charm to one of Hollywood's most beloved and long-lasting characters. Still, James Bond was only one in a lifetime of roles stretching back to Hollywood's studio era, and encompassing stardom in theater and te ...more
Nov 23, 2008
Paula
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4 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
any film fanatic that loves memoirs
Recommended to Paula by:
Chris at HC
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OHHHHH! I am loving this book. Thanks to the publishers who have sent it to me!
Four chapters in and it's very funny, very genuine. Early on Sir Roger says that this isn't going to be a "stab" memoir, but one about him and how he's got thru life.
I really do hope that by the time I get to meet him (next Thursday! bounce bounce bounce bounce) I have finished and can give this five stars!
BUT if you like the guts & gore, tell alls, you will be disappointed. Don't expect a "modern" memoir from ...more
Four chapters in and it's very funny, very genuine. Early on Sir Roger says that this isn't going to be a "stab" memoir, but one about him and how he's got thru life.
I really do hope that by the time I get to meet him (next Thursday! bounce bounce bounce bounce) I have finished and can give this five stars!
BUT if you like the guts & gore, tell alls, you will be disappointed. Don't expect a "modern" memoir from ...more
This long, drawn-out memoir is too boring for American readers and may only be appreciated by the British, who might know some of the shows and stars he mentions throughout. Yes, Moore does talk about the Bond movies and shares some good behind-the-scenes insights using a dry wit throughout. But that makes up only about one-fifth of the book. The rest is a show-by-show, film-by-film recollection of things that were not famous or popular in America. He says every cast is terrific and every co-sta
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My son gave me this book for Christmas last year - he and my daughter both know that Roger Moore is my all-time favourite Bond. I was talking to a friend the other day and she has only ever seen 2 or 3 Bond movies !!! - obviously not her thing, but I love them. I love the adventure, I love the contraptions, I love the humour (I think the parts I laugh at are meant to be funny), I love the explosions, I even love the dreadful sexism (and that's okay, because I hate it in real life just as much as
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I was a James Bond movie watcher because my dad loved the books and the movies. He made us watch them as we were growing up and I enjoyed most of them even though sometimes they could get a little farfetched and campy. Roger Moore was the only James Bond for me until Daniel Craig has taken over the role. So I was really interested in what else Mr. Moore had accomplished. I was delighted to see how he was involved with the TV's The Saint and UNICEF. I had only seen the movie with Val Kilmer and d
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In hindsight, a lot of the more memorable anecdotes in this book are basically Sir Roger just recounting stories that someone else told him. But that's still ok. Roger has a good voice and that makes reading his words quite a pleasant experience overall.
The middle 50% or so of the book - after he's started acting but before he appears in "the persuaders" is quite drawn out. You'd really want to be into that era of cinema as he name drops like rainman going through a phone book. It's a bit boring ...more
The middle 50% or so of the book - after he's started acting but before he appears in "the persuaders" is quite drawn out. You'd really want to be into that era of cinema as he name drops like rainman going through a phone book. It's a bit boring ...more
A well-written and highly entertaining autobiography of a man who never allowed anyone or anything to bring him down. Or, at least, so it would seem. There are serious moments in the book, and there may be a few "warts" missing (from the term "warts-and-all" biography). However, Moore offers a warm and funny look back, treating all fairly rather than playing the tattletale on the poor behavior of others. As an example: I gather that the relationship with Tony Curtis, during work on the British t
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The Saint, Bond, UNICEF ambassador. I would have thought all of this would have made a very interesting reading of the life of Roger Moore. Unfortunately, not so much.
The book mostly proceeds in chronological order as Moore talks about his beginnings, his stage work, The Saint, Bond, his work with UNICEF and his later life/medical conditions. I really wanted to like the book better, and mostly anticipated his time as Bond. But there wasn't much--he tended not talk about his co-stars very much. I ...more
The book mostly proceeds in chronological order as Moore talks about his beginnings, his stage work, The Saint, Bond, his work with UNICEF and his later life/medical conditions. I really wanted to like the book better, and mostly anticipated his time as Bond. But there wasn't much--he tended not talk about his co-stars very much. I ...more
Not a bad read, Mr. Moore is always entertaining, not known as Moore the Merrier for nothing. He does tend to deviate from his life story at times though to tell stories about other celebs that he's known, if I wanted anecdotes about David Niven, I'd read "The Moon's a Balloon" again. At the end it gets a bit tiresome when he lists all his trips on UNICEF duty, I know they do a good job, but I thought I was reading about Roger Moore. All in all, I've read worse, but if you want to know about his
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Nice read. Being a Bond fan when I saw this I had to read it. Some nice recounts during his time as 007, but fewer than I would have liked. There seem to be a lot of comments and asides to interrupt the maritime flow, but you could certainly imagine Roger More telling them (more memoir than biography). Surprisingly, I found his life after Bond to be the most interesting, with his work with INICEF.
Moore is Alan Partridge's idol, and it's not hard to see why. Warm witty, and with a on screen persona that reflected the man off camera, this is a wonderful insight into one of Britain's best loved actors. Being a huge fan of The Saint, it was interesting to read about what really went on behind the scenes, especially with regard to that infamous, giant-ant featuring episode, The house at Dragon rock.
Throughout, Moore displays a professionalism that impressed his contemporaries, be it the smal ...more
Throughout, Moore displays a professionalism that impressed his contemporaries, be it the smal ...more
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Sir Roger George Moore, KBE is an English actor and film producer, perhaps best known for portraying British secret agent James Bond in seven films from 1973 to 1985.
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Sir Roger George Moore, KBE is an English actor and film producer, perhaps best known for portraying British secret agent James Bond in seven films from 1973 to 1985.
