George [Lucas] wanted to know whether we'd be interested. He did say that if we didn't want to do it, they wouldn't cast another actor in our parts - they would write us out. Mark Hamill More Quotes by Mark Hamill More Quotes From Mark Hamill I love the fact that, one time, my face was on the back of a cereal box - probably 3-CPO's - and it was a mask where you cut out the eye holes and put a string through the side. It makes me feel like I'm 11 years old all over again. Mark Hamill cutting eye years I always think a day when you never get out of your pajamas is a win. Mark Hamill pajamas winning thinking So much of life is what you roll and where you land. Mark Hamill land life-is People think being remembered most for one character is a negative thing, but I don't. I never expected to be remembered for anything! Mark Hamill character people thinking Character roles only indicate that they're very different from who you are as a person, and for me, it's fun hiding behind characters that are so unlike who I am. Mark Hamill who-i-am fun character I'm so much like Luke Skywalker I guess I always will be. Mark Hamill luke Acting in "Star Wars," I felt like a raisin in a giant fruit salad, and I didn't even know who the cantaloupes were. Mark Hamill fruit-salad stars war I've learned that the movies [Star Wars] will never finally end. It just goes on and on and on and on. I mean, it's going to be in 3D, then it's going to be smellivision, then it's going to be a ride in an amusement park, then they'll come to your house and perform it with puppets on your lawn ... it'll never end! I accepted that a long time ago. Mark Hamill stars war mean I debated in high school! If you told things that weren't true or just made things out of whole cloth, you were penalized. It's too bad they don't apply the same standards to presidential candidates as they do to high school students. Mark Hamill presidential students school I live in a sort of insular world. It's mostly my family, my house, staying home and working. Mark Hamill house home world In high school, I had to hide my comic book side, my nerd side from the civilian world so they wouldn't categorize me. They would try to marginalize me for what I like. I tried to give it up, believe me. I tried to kick the habit. But there's too much I liked about it to give it up completely. Mark Hamill believe book school I have a sneaking suspicion that if there were a way to make movies without actors, George Lucas would do it. Mark Hamill suspicion actors way I never saw myself so much as an actor. I wanted to be a cartoonist like Charles Schulz and create my own world and be able to have a studio at home and not commute and be able to be with my family. Mark Hamill actors home world I can't tell you how much we laughed on the set to have Alec Guinness in a scene with a big, furry dog that's flying a space ship. Mark Hamill space dog funny I love ensemble pieces, I love being a part of the entire tapestry of a piece, but I think character actors do have a lot more fun, and there's a versatility involved that's challenging and fun, to come up to speed and do what's required of you. Mark Hamill fun love-is character I have failed 'Star Wars' trivia tests. People come up to me at conventions and use terms that I've never heard of. Mark Hamill stars war people LOVE your taste in subject matter... perfect summer reading! Mark Hamill reading summer love-you You know how there are some stars out there who know how to market themselves? I don't have that. Mark Hamill know-how stars knows I've always loved Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness movies. Mark Hamill sellers peter guinness I will say that comic books are not the easiest things to translate to film, number one. Even the most well meaning of filmmakers find what's acceptable on the printed page is very difficult to bring to film. Mark Hamill pages numbers book
