Zitat des Tages von Mark Hamill:
I have a sneaking suspicion that if there were a way to make movies without actors, George Lucas would do it.
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.
People think being remembered most for one character is a negative thing, but I don't. I never expected to be remembered for anything!
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.'
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.
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.
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.
I don't think it's fair to compare Dick Cheney to Vader - it's unfair to Vader.
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.
You know how there are some stars out there who know how to market themselves? I don't have that.
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.
Acting in 'Star Wars' I felt like a raisin in a giant fruit salad, and I didn't even know who the cantaloupes were.
When you say 'comic book' in America, people think of Mickey Mouse, and Archie. It has a connotation of juvenile.
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.
I'm so much like Luke Skywalker I guess I always will be.
I have failed 'Star Wars' trivia tests. People come up to me at conventions and use terms that I've never heard of.
'Star Wars' is more fairy tale than true science fiction.
I've always loved Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness movies.
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.
