Well, yes, as I was a rather bad actor then and I wasn't making enough money, I thought, to make enough money to not make money as an actor, I'd better do some writing. Val Guest actorbadmake Change image and share on social
I had a terrible job letting me do anything that wasn't comedy. Val Guest comedyjoblet Change image and share on social
At those times I got into... I suppose you call it a rut. I used to do comedy, comedy, comedy and I suddenly thought I ought to break away from this somehow. Val Guest breakcallcomedy Change image and share on social
No, we didn't shoot... in the ones that I did there were hardly any sex... there were suggestions of sex scenes but we never actually shot a sex scene as such. Val Guest scenesexshoot Change image and share on social
Oh, yes, we were on location with Another Man's Poison, which I wrote for Bette Davis. Val Guest bettedavislocation Change image and share on social
I don't know how we had about eighteen international stars in it, all playing James Bond. Val Guest bondeighteeninternational Change image and share on social
I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... as well as my film job, I was under contract, I was allowed to do that and everything. Val Guest allowbitcomedy Change image and share on social
Now, I'll tell you something that might interest you. Casino Royale was the first Bond book that Ian Fleming ever wrote. And he couldn't get anybody to touch it, to publish it - he couldn't do anything about it at all. Nobody wanted to know. Val Guest bondbookcasino share on social
Yes, The Persuaders, that was great fun because one of my favourite actors is Roger Moore. Val Guest actorfavouritefun Change image and share on social
And then she finally said yes. And we have been married, I want you to know, for 51 years. Val Guest finallymarryyear Change image and share on social