Mark Hamill Quotes

#1. 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.

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#2. I don't think it's fair to compare Dick Cheney to Vader - it's unfair to Vader.

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#3. I will say that comic books are not the easiest things to translate to film, number one. Even the most well meaning of filmmakers find what's acceptable on the printed page is very difficult to bring to film.

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#4. You know how there are some stars out there who know how to market themselves? I don't have that.

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#5. 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.

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#6. You know those actors who have a sense for how they should be used? I don't think I have that.

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#7. 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.

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#8. 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.

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#9. A cartoonist creates his whole universe without any input.

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#10. 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.

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#11. George [Lucas] wanted to know whether we'd be interested. He did say that if we didn't want to do it, they wouldn't cast another actor in our parts - they would write us out,

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#12. I'm surprised at people who have a passion for Mitt Romney, because he's taken every position there is. I would cast this guy as the president in a heartbeat ... but I just cannot believe a word he says.

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#13. Acting in 'Star Wars' I felt like a raisin in a giant fruit salad, and I didn't even know who the cantaloupes were.

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#14. When you say 'comic book' in America, people think of Mickey Mouse, and Archie. It has a connotation of juvenile.

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#15. 'Star Wars' is more fairy tale than true science fiction.

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#16. I always think a day when you never get out of your pajamas is a win.

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#17. When I was a teenager, I did one animated series back when I was on 'General Hospital.' It was 1971 or '72. Then I didn't do animation until 'Batman.'

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#18. I'm so much like Luke Skywalker I guess I always will be.

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#19. I debated in high school! If you told things that weren't true or just made things out of whole cloth, you were penalized. It's too bad they don't apply the same standards to presidential candidates as they do to high school students.

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#20. Of all the things to worry about; the Wookie has no pants.

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#21. 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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#22. Part of me always longed to do just one more film and see what Luke would be like now that he's on the level of Obi-Wan Kenobi, the student having become the master. But it was not meant to be.

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#23. I never saw myself so much as an actor. I wanted to be a cartoonist like Charles M. Schulz and create my own world and be able to have a studio at home and not commute and be able to be with my family.

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#24. I have failed 'Star Wars' trivia tests. People come up to me at conventions and use terms that I've never heard of.

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#25. 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.

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#26. I live in a sort of insular world. It's mostly my family, my house, staying home and working.

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#27. I have a sneaking suspicion that if there were a way to make movies without actors, George Lucas would do it.

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#28. 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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#29. 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.

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#30. People think being remembered most for one character is a negative thing, but I don't. I never expected to be remembered for anything!

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#31. Launching a Broadway show is like no other endeavor. It's taxing because you're present - it's not like cutting a movie and test focus-grouping it and filling out forms.

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#32. I've always loved Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness movies.

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#33. I think theater has given me the opportunity to show what a character actor I can be.

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#34. So much of life is what you roll and where you land.

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