Sir Roger Moore, the man who has played James Bond more than any other actor, says it’s hard for the Bond filmmakers to inject humour into the new films because they’re just so action-packed.

"I don’t think there’s time for humour in the ones that I’ve seen with Daniel Craig. He moves so fast and the action is so good, there’s been no time for jokes,” he told Yahoo Movies.

"I’ve heard that they possibly are inserting a few throwaway lines [into ‘Bond 24’] but I don’t think it matters because he’s just so damned good."

Moore, 86, whose seven-film tenure as 007 is revered for its snappy one-liners, says he has all but retired from making movies now, occasionally making cameo appearances in little seen European films.

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“I’ve become so lazy. Just getting up and moving around is ‘heavy action’ for me now,” he explained, but with nearly 70 years of acting under his belt, we think he’s earned his rest.

We spoke to Moore while promoting his new book ‘Last Man Standing’, a bumper collection of Hollywood anecdotes, which only helps to add to the great man’s legend. Perhaps due to his longevity (hence the name of the book), it’s become hard to separate fact from fiction when it comes to his life story, so we wanted to verify some of the many stories that have grown around him over the years.

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