Mark Hamill Quotes

I think 'Comic Book: The Movie' is the apex of my career in terms of making a personal statement that has significance to me and resonates with biographical detail about not only my career, but all the people that I've worked with in my career. All of it's riddled, on- and off-camera, with people I've known and worked with for decades.

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

A cartoonist creates his whole universe without any input.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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,

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.

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

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

Everything has changed but nothing has changed.

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

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