Peter Mayhew

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

— Peter Mayhew

#had #i #i think #language #main

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. ↗

— Peter Mayhew

#any #character #complete #costume #doing

Never having played Chess before, it was most interesting to be playing the game with no pieces in front of me. But I still knew how to stroke my hair when I won. ↗

— Peter Mayhew

#chess #front #game #hair #having

Richard Marquand, on Jedi, was very much an actor's director. ↗

— Peter Mayhew

#director #jedi #much #richard #very

They asked if I was interested in a role as a large alien in a movie. ↗

— Peter Mayhew

#asked #i #interested #large #movie

This has been the best thing that ever happened to me. ↗

— Peter Mayhew

#best #ever #happened #me #thing

When you consider that you're a character that doesn't speak, but you've still got to react to the other actors, you've got to make a noise of some kind. ↗

— Peter Mayhew

#consider #got #kind #make #noise

When you've got eight or nine or ten cables running around with someone trying to operate them, it's too much. ↗

— Peter Mayhew

#cables #eight #got #much #nine

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

— Peter Mayhew

#i #mask #mouth #movements #my own

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

— Peter Mayhew

#different #enthusiasm #fans #generation #much