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I don't play long parts. They must be short parts, but they've got to be parts that mean something, that matter, where people will notice when I'm on the screen, and people will remember the character after they've seen the film.

"Christopher Lee Talks THE HOBBIT, HUGO and DARK SHADOWS" by Dave Trumbore, collider.com. December 29, 2011.
I don't play long parts. They must be short parts, but they've got to be parts that mean something, that matter, where people will notice when I'm on the screen, and people will remember the character after they've seen