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Peter Mayhew
British
Actor
About the author
With Star Wars fans, there's so much enthusiasm, and it's a completely different generation now.
Peter Mayhew,
British
Actor
#Now
#Fans
#Enthusiasm
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.
Peter Mayhew,
British
Actor
#Character
#Time
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.
Peter Mayhew,
British
Actor
#Buying
Richard Marquand, on Jedi, was very much an actor's director.
Peter Mayhew,
British
Actor
#Actor
They asked if I was interested in a role as a large alien in a movie.
Peter Mayhew,
British
Actor
This has been the best thing that ever happened to me.
Peter Mayhew,
British
Actor
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.
Peter Mayhew,
British
Actor
#Character
#Actors
I think the main thing was that the character couldn't speak in regular language, so he had to be mimed.
Peter Mayhew,
British
Actor
#Character
#Language
With my mask, I controlled all of the mouth movements with my own mouth.
Peter Mayhew,
British
Actor
I think the things I wanted answered have been answered by people in the know that we can't talk about, so I'm perfectly happy with how Chewie came to be where he is and what is going on in Episode III.
Peter Mayhew,
British
Actor
#Talk
#People
When you've got eight or nine or ten cables running around with someone trying to operate them, it's too much.
Peter Mayhew,
British
Actor
#Trying
#Running
But, apart from that, there was very little on underneath the suit.
Peter Mayhew,
British
Actor
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.
Peter Mayhew,
British
Actor
#Hair
#Chess
I think that Star Wars revolutionized not only sci-fi movies, but also the entire industry in the way that things are done.
Peter Mayhew,
British
Actor
#Movies
After my own for instance, my favourite is Princess Leia.
Peter Mayhew,
British
Actor
Doing the Muppet Show you forget about conventional filming.
Peter Mayhew,
British
Actor
#Forget
George has only got to ring me. His imagination is so wonderful, I'd do any character he might create.
Peter Mayhew,
British
Actor
#Character
#Imagination
George Lucas puts those types of characters in for the kids. Same with Jar Jar.
Peter Mayhew,
British
Actor
#Kids
I can go out in public without being recognized. If I want to be recognized in public, it will happen.
Peter Mayhew,
British
Actor
#Want
#Public
#Will
#Being
I really enjoyed the last scene at the Ewok celebration after the battle.
Peter Mayhew,
British
Actor
#Battle
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.
Peter Mayhew,
British
Actor
#Character
#Time
#Skin
After a while, the character sort of took over.
Peter Mayhew,
British
Actor
#Character