Peter Mayhew Quotes

A lot of us got into the industry because of 'Star Wars,' and we all have this love of the original source material.

Watched Star Wars in 77 and that's when I got into watching films. I was just blown away by it.

I was one of the few people who thought Star Wars was going to work, and I hadn't even seen any special effects.

In Hollywood, moviemaking used to be about escaping reality to go to the movies.

When I finally got up to Industrial Light And Magic to work on the 'Star Wars' movies as a model-maker, it felt like dying and going to heaven.

Many of the top-grossing movies of all time are science fiction.

I definitely used to dream of sitting in the movie theatre watching the 'Star Wars' credits come up knowing I was part of one of those films.

I don't comment on the physics errors of 'Star Wars,' all right. I just - you let that one go.

People are still asking me if I knew Star Wars was going to be that big of a hit. Yes, we all knew. The only one who didn't know was George.

The original 'Star Wars' that I was a part of really was the beginning of my working life.

I believe that I'm an actor to this day because of 'Star Wars.' I saw 'Star Wars' as a child, and I was completely enamored by it.

Movies are an art form that is very available to the masses.

Come on, guys, I am a computer nerd. I love Hollywood and movies. My whole life is like a movie. I wouldn't be who I am if it wasn't for the mind-altering glimpse at the future in 'Star Wars.'

There's nothing more American than movies.

You can't blame movies for embracing spectacle; filmmakers since D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. De Mille have loved spectacle, and spectacle is something that movies convey like no other medium, especially in a digital age.

I think that George Lucas' 'Star Wars' films are fantastic. What he's done, which I admire, is he has taken all the money and profit from those films and poured it into developing digital sound and surround sound, which we are using today.

I don't think people are experiencing superhero fatigue. Do you hear people complaining that there are too many action movies? I think it's good entertainment.

I saw 'A New Hope' on my Vidamax because I came a little late to the party.

Films are the largest and most impactful medium.

I read a magazine called 'Cinefantastique' that had just come out with a making of 'Star Wars' issue. They had some very long and detailed interviews with a whole bunch of people at ILM. I think I memorized that whole magazine.

There were a lot of great memories around 'Star Wars.' It was a foundation - probably for my interest in movies.

Working with Gale Anne Hurd has been a dream of mine. I mean, I grew up watching 'Terminator' and 'Aliens' and watching Sigourney Weaver just slay!

2008 was a good year as 'Gaja' was a hit.

George Lucas is the reason that we got to make this movie, you know, he was the man that created this whole galaxy, and I am incredibly grateful to him. He's an artist and he's a grown-up. And I take him at his word, and it doesn't mean I agree with everything he says, but I respect, you know, his right to his opinion.

For the most part Hollywood is a world of imagination.