17 Quotes by Lee Van Cleef

Being born with a pair of beady eyes was the best thing that ever happened to me.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

I think the Europeans are a lot more spontaneous, more artistic to some degree. But I don't think they have the technical talent we do here in the states. Here people have been trained much more specifically - they know exactly what they're doing. The Europeans are perhaps slower, but in the end damn near as good.

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.

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.