40 Quotes by Peter Mayhew

George Lucas puts those types of characters in for the kids. Same with Jar Jar.

With my mask, I controlled all of the mouth movements with my own mouth.

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.

With Star Wars fans, there's so much enthusiasm, and it's a completely different generation now.

After my own for instance, my favourite is Princess Leia.

I really enjoyed the last scene at the Ewok celebration after the battle.

I think that Star Wars revolutionized not only sci-fi movies, but also the entire industry in the way that things are done.

After a while, the character sort of took over.

I think the main thing was that the character couldn't speak in regular language, so he had to be mimed.