David Prowse Quotes

#1. You see there are people who believe the function of the police is to fight crime,
and that's not true, the function of the police is social control and protection of
property.

Michael Parenti

#2. Training has been such a huge part of my life and career I hope to keep going with it.

David Prowse

#3. Actually, the Department of Transport were at one stage going to sack me.

David Prowse

#4. The attraction, and my particular participation is in being able to communicate with my fans, answer their questions, get a feel for how they respond to Vader.

David Prowse

#5. So I went to George and told him I had the opportunity to become the figurehead of a government safety campaign, and he agreed to give me the week off and reschedule shooting!

David Prowse

#6. Success is often followed by failure. Yesterday's victory doesn't win today's battle.

Wayde Goodall

#7. I do not mean to seem indelicate or ungrateful," said Linette Owens, "but are you a dangerous lunatic?

Cassandra Clare

#8. I am doing better now though one of my legs is shorter than the other due to the operations.

David Prowse

#9. My parents were in short street, so they had to go abroad to economize.

Queen Mary

#10. Not much to be perfectly honest! I thought The Phantom Menace was terrible, except for the Pod Race.

David Prowse

#11. If our zeal is embittered by expressions of anger, invective, or scorn - we may think we are doing service of the cause of truth, when in reality we shall only bring it into discredit!

John Newton

#12. I suppose the most fun I had was on the second film.

David Prowse

#13. I've seen the teaser trailer for Revenge of the Sith though and I think it will be excellent.

David Prowse

#14. I can't get my head around the fact that the technology of the first two movies, which are forty years prior to Star Wars, is so much better than any technology they had in Star Wars!

David Prowse

#15. The agency was desperate to get started with the commercials in 1976, but I was working on Star Wars.

David Prowse

#16. OK, I have to make sure we're on the same page here. Because I might mean one thing and she might mean, intending to start a Cordon Bleu course when I get back to England.

Sophie Kinsella

#17. I'm not a Republican ... but I am saving up to be one.

Emo Philips

#18. George Lucas was casting about and had heard favourable things about my work in Clockwork Orange and asked me to come in, which of course I did even though no one knew what the film was about!

David Prowse

#19. But I must say the work I'm proudest of is the Green Cross Code man.

David Prowse

#20. a lonely old man.

Debra Webb

#21. Actually I'm not that involved in the fan site.

David Prowse

#22. There are some awful things in the world, it's true, but there are also some great books.

Jo Walton

#23. I'm fascinated by beautiful scenery and what we have here on this Earth.

Matt Lanter

#24. My agent set up a meeting with George Lucas. They were casting in England.

David Prowse

#25. I'm not going anywhere near a motel with you.

Becca Fitzpatrick

#26. I have done many comedy films. Success of films like 'Partner,' 'Singh is Kinng' gets you to a very wide audience reach. But for greater gains, you need to take greater gambles. If it works, you get respect and recognition.

Katrina Kaif

#27. As a director he was not that interested in Vader.

David Prowse

#28. I'm also involved in the rights of the disabled and do some fundraising for that and I thought it would have been a big boost for the campaign but it couldn't be worked out.

David Prowse

#29. I'd worked in Clockwork Orange with Stanley Kubrick and since Stanley was such a prestigious director this opened all sorts of doors for me - one of them being Star Wars.

David Prowse

#30. I do remember smiling quite a bit inside it though since I knew it wouldn't be seen on film - so of course while the poor planet is being blown up I'm smiling and laughing like mad!

David Prowse

#31. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the force.

David Prowse