Peter Mayhew Quotes

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Peter Mayhew

Profession : Actor

Birth : May 19, 1944

George has only got to ring me. His imagination is so wonderful, I'd do any character he might create.

Peter Mayhew

They asked if I was interested in a role as a large alien in a movie.

Peter Mayhew

Never having played Chess before, it was most interesting to be playing the game with no pieces in front of me. But I still knew how to stroke my hair when I won.

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With my mask, I controlled all of the mouth movements with my own mouth.

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I think the main thing was that the character couldn't speak in regular language, so he had to be mimed.

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I think that Star Wars revolutionized not only sci-fi movies, but also the entire industry in the way that things are done.

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I really enjoyed the last scene at the Ewok celebration after the battle.

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With Star Wars fans, there's so much enthusiasm, and it's a completely different generation now.

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A whole new generation is looking at the videos, and going to the video shop and buying the re-release of the complete trilogy, which you can buy at a reasonable price.

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But, apart from that, there was very little on underneath the suit.

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When you consider that you're a character that doesn't speak, but you've still got to react to the other actors, you've got to make a noise of some kind.

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After a while, the character sort of took over.

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It was amazing that during rehearsals, without any of the costume on, the character was there complete. It just happened. Half the time, I didn't know I was doing it.

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Richard Marquand, on Jedi, was very much an actor's director.

Peter Mayhew

I think by that time I knew where Chewie was going, and he left me to do what was called for, because the character had been well established. You know, it was like putting on a second skin by that time.

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When you've got eight or nine or ten cables running around with someone trying to operate them, it's too much.

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This has been the best thing that ever happened to me.

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I can go out in public without being recognized. If I want to be recognized in public, it will happen.

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George Lucas puts those types of characters in for the kids. Same with Jar Jar.

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After my own for instance, my favourite is Princess Leia.

Peter Mayhew