Bruce Vilanch Quotes

I'm such a fan girl when it comes to movies, TV and sci-fi, sometimes I can't believe I actually get to be in them.

I was dressed like Darth Vader. Vader was my man, even with the villainy. He wore all black and had a deep voice; he reminded me of my uncle. I had a cheap mask-cape combo, the kind available at any pharmacy during October.

I just want people to remember me like I remember Buster Keaton. When they talk about Buster Keaton or Gene Kelly, people say, 'Ah yes, they good.' Maybe one day, they remember Jackie Chan that way.

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 love doing the conventions and being an ambassador for 'Star Wars.'

I really want to play Princess Leia. Stick some big pastries on my head. Now that would be interesting.

A long time ago, in a country not so far away, I was eight years old, doing my best Darth Vader imitation.

We all know that people who've never been on a film set think it's way more glamorous than the people who work on them.

I saw 'Star Wars' when I was seven years old, and it changed my life.

I was four years old when I saw 'Star Wars', and it has been significantly important throughout my entire life.

I want to be in 'Star Wars.' That would be amazing.

I grew up on movie sets, getting to see storytelling happen up close.

You think a lot of people get to be big stars and get a little crazy, but most of the ones I've ever met have always been surprisingly normal, and I've enjoyed that.

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

It was really fun working with Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz on set.

I love being an ambassador for 'Star Wars.'

The good thing about my part in 'Harry Potter' was that I was pretty well disguised. When I was walking down the street, there was no real recognition factor. Parents would sometimes call their children to come say hello to Mad-Eye, and the kids wouldn't know what they were looking at.

Everything is for sale in Hollywood; the fairy tale, the costume, the pumpkin, the footman and the mice.

Star Wars was not a very big part but I enjoyed doing it and I get more fan mail for that than anything else I've ever done. It's quite extraordinary, it comes in every day, unbelievable.

I saw 'Alien' when I was 8 years old. To me, it was like a combination of Jaws and Star Wars, and that's the movie that made me want to be a director.

It's very weird when people you know are in 'Star Wars.'

Nothing will turn you into more of a 'Star Wars' fan than being on a 'Star Wars' set. When you see how lovingly that world is rendered by the set designers, costume designers, props department, art department, they genuinely build an actual world. That is not an exaggeration. They build a world.

Even though I grew up in L.A., no one in my family was in the movie industry. I've always felt whatever the opposite of disillusioned is. I guess illusioned with movies and with people in movies and things like that. It's all exciting to me.

One of my favorite credits is to say that I worked behind Marilyn Monroe, and I love saying that. She was phenomenal.

When you're even on a regular movie set, you still have to suspend your disbelief. You're working there with only 3 walls of a room, and you're in costume, and you have a camera 6 inches from you and have a crew of 75 watching you. So even there, you have to crank up your imagination.