Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American novelist Christopher Lambert.
Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Christophe Guy Denis Lambert, known professionally as Christopher Lambert, is a French-American actor, novelist, and producer. He started his career playing supporting parts in several French films, and became internationally famous with the role of Tarzan in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes in 1984. For his performance in the 1985 film Subway, Lambert received the César Award for Best Actor. His best-known role is Connor MacLeod in the 1986 cult adventure-fantasy film Highlander and the subsequent film franchise series of the same name.
I wanted to do different movies. I wanted to do deeper movies. More human movies based on human feelings.
I don't need to work.
What you've done is done. You've got a goal you never reach, and it's always farther away. It keeps you walking. I don't want to sit down.
To relax, I work.
The most important thing is to be passionate and ready to accept the pains that sometimes go along with the business.
It's not a matter of becoming a superstar. Fame and money aren't the purpose of all this. No actor's going to say, 'I don't want to be famous.' But the main purpose for doing what I'm doing is the passion in the work.
My main place is in Switzerland, but I live on a plane, really.
I was always trying, even in pure action movies, to find what was sensitive about the character more than the pure action.
I think in some ways it's good to have at least one thing for which you could be really immortal, you know?
Acting is still, of course, what I love to do most. The beauty of it is that by changing characters, it never gets boring.
Now I don't want to feel cornered as an actor, because I've got a wider range than that.
If a site is done with pleasure and a fun attitude, it's a great way to communicate with your fans.
If you're lucky enough to be raised in a rich family, good. But learn how to respect that luck. It's not a given, you know? It's not like, 'Well, it's normal'. No, it's not normal. It's lucky.
It may be a mistake to say this, but I know my limitations as an actor and I know what I can and can not do. Robert De Niro can do everything. I can't. A 'Highlander' movie is basically my thing. What I'm attempting to do is develop my ability as an actor and try to be the best I can be in the fantasy/action genre.