Peter Mayhew

“Once the mask is on, I can't see anything. I'm looking at the back of my own eyeballs.”

“Chewbacca's not a big fluffy ball of fur. He's a man. He has feelings.”

“The fans are the ones that have kept 'Star Wars' alive.”

“When you put the suit on, you have a responsibility to the character.”

“It was just a job, to begin with. Then it became a part of my life.”

“Harrison is a very professional actor. He's a very nice man.”

“The first time I met George Lucas he was sitting on a sofa and I walked in and he was a good foot and a half shorter than me. So he said, 'I think we've found him.'”

“Even though I'm in a suit, I've got to be a character. I've got to be Chewbacca.”

“I was a hospital porter. I was a charge-hand, which is like a foreman. It was a good job.”

“I'm not a great speaker. I'm a shy person. It's one of the reasons I got into the business of being a character that doesn't speak.”

“To be a Wookiee is to be a part of a family.”

“I sit in the chair, I get up, and the monster is there.”

“I would grunt and growl and all this sort of stuff. And George would say, 'Don't worry, we're gonna put a voice on top of it.'”

“The Star Wars family is a big family.”

“My knees are not so good anymore, but I can still stand up.”