My Word is My Bond: A Memoir

This is an amusingly told memoir, lots of good stories and names. There are a few rather naughty stories in places, but for the most part it is as light and playful as you would expect from the witty lover Bond. This was especially fun to read after Love and Let Die, by John Higgs, which compares and contrasts the Beatles’ and James Bond’s respective influences on British and global pop culture. Some stories overlap and are consistent as far as I can tell. With regard to non-Bond stories, I learned a fair bit about The Saint and found the appendix interestingly structured: it contains a bunch of anecdotes from Moore’s travels with UNICEF, sorted by country. The book contains two sets of photos, with everyone labelled, which I show more always appreciate. show less

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 in einer Skihütte zu sitzen und einfach über FSM und die Welt zu plaudern :)

Roger Moore died May 23, 2017 so it felt good to fit this in as my last completed read in 2017. I am not real fan of his acting or the Bond films; just a casual fan. I don't even know who my fave Bond portrayer is so I just enjoyed this as the octogenarian's career memoir that it is. It is very easy to read and very casual - salty and even crude at many points. It felt like opportunistically sitting next to him on a long transatlantic flight and getting a candid and jocular review of his many decades in The Saint, playing James Bond after Sean Connery, other TV and movie roles, and a globe-trotting career representing UNICEF after being introduced to the tole by a grateful Audrey Hepburn. Lots of medical issue arise; kidney stones and a show more pacemaker. show less

A very well written memoir. Funny, witty and down to earth. For all his swashbuckling as Agent 007, this book reveals that the third James Bond is a very kind, caring and down to earth human being who really did not forget this humble roots. The person who had to struggle to make it until he was in his forties when he got his break playing the role of Simon Templar in The Saint and then followed by Agent 007 after which he really did not look back.

Very interesting anecdotes of his working experiences with the Who's Who of Hollywood and the wider acting world and his untiring role as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. He has devoted more than 30 pages to his experiences with that organization. All in all, a very highly recommended read.

A very well written memoir. Funny, witty and down to earth. For all his swashbuckling as Agent 007, this book reveals that the third James Bond is a very kind, caring and down to earth human being who really did not forget this humble roots. The person who had to struggle to make it until he was in his forties when he got his break playing the role of Simon Templar in The Saint and then followed by Agent 007 after which he really did not look back.

Very interesting anecdotes of his working experiences with the Who's Who of Hollywood and the wider acting world and his untiring role as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. He has devoted more than 30 pages to his experiences with that organization. All in all, a very highly recommended read.

Roger Moore writes with clarity and self-deprecating humor, though he is no "writer." Still, I enjoy reading memoir more than "tell-all" unauthorized biographies. As far as this being in the "tell-all" I must admit I got a kick out of Moore saying "if I have nothing good to say about someone, I just won't say anything" any time he had nothing good to say! It rather left the proper impression....I mean the exact impression Moore wished to convey.

A fun, fast read. Nothing momentous, but enjoyable nonetheless.

An ok biography. Moore writes with some humour, although there is an underlying hint that he is quite money driven and a little bit full of himself. Whilst the UNICEF stuff is very worthy, there is rather a lot of it and I would have prefered to hear more about his film and TV career