He was the suave spy who could seduce women with little more than a shaken martini and the utterance of his name: “Bond, James Bond.”
But Roger Moore, the actor who deftly embodied the iconic character for years, said he never felt as confident as his alter ego when it came to romancing members of the opposite sex.
“No, no, I was not very self-confident with them,” he told U.K.’s The Telegraph last November in one of his final interviews before his death Tuesday at 89.
“I got lucky occasionally,” he added with a twinkle. “But with a lack of confidence.
But Roger Moore, the actor who deftly embodied the iconic character for years, said he never felt as confident as his alter ego when it came to romancing members of the opposite sex.
“No, no, I was not very self-confident with them,” he told U.K.’s The Telegraph last November in one of his final interviews before his death Tuesday at 89.
“I got lucky occasionally,” he added with a twinkle. “But with a lack of confidence.
- 5/23/2017
- by Kathy Ehrich Dowd
- PEOPLE.com
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