Peter Mayhew Quotes

I really got used to playing Maura.

You never know really what anyone thinks about you - that's why all my closest friends are ones I've had since my schooling days when I was 5. And I surround myself with people who I trust and who know me.

I like to do TV series. I think they're so comfortable. You're doing the same part every week.

One of the benefits to television is that you're with these characters for years, you know them so well.

For me, 'Harry Potter' isn't something that changed my life. It's just something I did that was a lot of fun and I got to experience amazing things from. But my actual, personal life is the same. Or at least I like to keep it the same.

I'm looking forward to, as an actor, having to do some stuff that's out of my comfort zone. It makes for interesting work and when you're uncomfortable doing something; then it's going to be interesting when they film it.

My biggest fantasy as an actor is to be in situations that make me uncomfortable and force me out of my comfort zone.

I'm a creature of habit and tend to favour small, traditional English businesses.

'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.

When I find a golf course or a restaurant or a market that I like, that's pretty much exclusively where I go.

Most of the people you see me working for me are actually with me. And I'm proud to say that I've known them for 20 years almost. I've written songs with, produced songs with them a lot of times. I don't deviate form my comfort zone. I feel like when God brings people to you, it's good to keep 'em around.

I'm just not the outgoing bubble of energy. But if I know you, it's different. Practical jokes. Have fun. I'm not looking for any new friends. I got my friends.

If you've followed my career at all, you will know that I perform best in comfortable surroundings. Though other leagues may seem more enticing to other players, it's something I'm just not interested in doing personally.

I find that the acting's getting easier - with experience, everything is more instinctual.

Sometimes you go into a film and you have no time to prepare and have to compress the details into a few days and then rely on the instinct and what happens when you're in a scene with other actors and that chemistry or not.

Acting is invigorating. But I don't analyse it too much. It's like a dog smelling where it's going to do its toilet in the morning.

As actors you're always going to take certain roles that are in your comfort zone and take ones that aren't.

Playing Etta James in the movie 'Cadillac Records' really changed me. It was a darker character, and I realized that if anything is too comfortable, I want to run from it. It's no fun being safe.

I'm a private person; I stick to my neighbourhood and eat in my little restaurants.

I just want to keep going with the soaps. Maybe it's because I'm just so used to them. I was 21 when I started 'Passions' and did that for nine years. It's what I know.

I'm like an old dog, I hate to be run off from home.

A role like I had on 'Parks and Rec,' to me, is very easy to understand, and that's something that I can do with my eyes closed.

I was very hesitant about doing a period film. It was very much out of my comfort zone; I'd never done anything like that before.

I've never been to acting classes or anything like that. Everything I do is quite instinctual.

I had been doing theater since I was a kid, so the stage really felt like home to me. It felt like the place where I trust myself the most in the world and felt the most confident.