In high school, I had to hide my comic book side, my nerd side from the civilian world so they wouldn't categorize me. They would try to marginalize me for what I like. I tried to give it up, believe me. I tried to kick the habit. But there's too much I liked about it to give it up completely.
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I don't think it's fair to compare Dick Cheney to Vader - it's unfair to Vader.
I have failed 'Star Wars' trivia tests. People come up to me at conventions and use terms that I've never heard of.
When you say 'comic book' in America, people think of Mickey Mouse, and Archie. It has a connotation of juvenile.
One of the things that I love about voiceover is that it's a situation where - because you're not encumbered by being seen - it's liberating. You're able to make broad choices that you would never make if you were on camera.
Acting in 'Star Wars' I felt like a raisin in a giant fruit salad, and I didn't even know who the cantaloupes were.
Character roles only indicate that they're very different from who you are as a person, and for me, it's fun hiding behind characters that are so unlike who I am.
So much of life is what you roll and where you land.
'Star Wars' is more fairy tale than true science fiction.
I love ensemble pieces, I love being a part of the entire tapestry of a piece, but I think character actors do have a lot more fun, and there's a versatility involved that's challenging and fun, to come up to speed and do what's required of you.
I love the fact that, one time, my face was on the back of a cereal box - probably 3-CPO's - and it was a mask where you cut out the eye holes and put a string through the side. It makes me feel like I'm 11 years old all over again.
When I was involved with 'Star Wars,' I was very interested in all the backstories, and I used to pepper George with all kinds of questions about anything that crossed my mind, because I was very, very into it. But when the job came to an end, I had to move on.
A cartoonist creates his whole universe without any input.
I can't tell you how much we laughed on the set to have Alec Guinness in a scene with a big, furry dog that's flying a space ship.
I have a sneaking suspicion that if there were a way to make movies without actors, George Lucas would do it.
I live in a sort of insular world. It's mostly my family, my house, staying home and working.
I love actors, number one. There's probably nobody that you could name that I don't like, depending on what it is they're in.
I'm so much like Luke Skywalker I guess I always will be.
I've always loved Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness movies.
People think being remembered most for one character is a negative thing, but I don't. I never expected to be remembered for anything!
There's something fascinating about watching artists draw.
You know how there are some stars out there who know how to market themselves? I don't have that.
You know those actors who have a sense for how they should be used? I don't think I have that.
At the last Celebration I spoke before an auditorium full of people and I could just feel the affection and the positive feelings that they were exuding. It was actually moving. I remember thinking, 'I'm not worthy,' because 'Star Wars' is so much bigger than all of us.
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