David Prowse Quotes

I`m also involved in the rights of the disabled and do some fundraising for that and I thought it would have been a big boost for the campaign but it couldn`t be worked out.

(On having to choose between playing Darth Vader and Chewbacca in `Star Wars`): "I took the part of the villain because everyone remembers the villain."

I suppose the most fun I had was on the second film.

I`d worked in Clockwork Orange with Stanley Kubrick and since Stanley was such a prestigious director this opened all sorts of doors for me - one of them being Star Wars.

But I must say the work I`m proudest of is the Green Cross Code man.

(Asked if during the making of the star wars trilogy at any point did he feel claustrophobic due to the mask and suit completely covering his whole body while at Collectormania 10 at Milton Keynes) "The suit was made to fit and was very very comfortable so no I didn`t feel at all claustrophobic but the only problem I did experience was that in the mask I got very very hot!"

I, and I`m sure many celebrities, have a certain amount of guilt over letters that didn`t get answered or got answered after long delays.

By then of course I knew my voice would be overdubbed and I wasn`t worried about saying my lines quite as correctly as I did in the first film.

George Lucas was casting about and had heard favourable things about my work in Clockwork Orange and asked me to come in, which of course I did even though no one knew what the film was about!

My agent set up a meeting with George Lucas. They were casting in England.

Actually I`m not that involved in the fan site.

Training has been such a huge part of my life and career I hope to keep going with it.

I can`t get my head around the fact that the technology of the first two movies, which are forty years prior to Star Wars, is so much better than any technology they had in Star Wars!

I`ve seen the teaser trailer for Revenge of the Sith though and I think it will be excellent.

I do remember smiling quite a bit inside it though since I knew it wouldn`t be seen on film - so of course while the poor planet is being blown up I`m smiling and laughing like mad!

Not much to be perfectly honest! I thought The Phantom Menace was terrible, except for the Pod Race.

(On his work as the Green Cross Code Man): "Best job I`ve ever had."

Actually, the Department of Transport were at one stage going to sack me.

So I went to George and told him I had the opportunity to become the figurehead of a government safety campaign, and he agreed to give me the week off and reschedule shooting!

As a director he was not that interested in Vader.

The agency was desperate to get started with the commercials in 1976, but I was working on Star Wars.

But it turned out that Vader was an icon who the kids thought was wonderful, so the campaign became much more successful because of Star Wars.

I am doing better now though one of my legs is shorter than the other due to the operations.

The attraction, and my particular participation is in being able to communicate with my fans, answer their questions, get a feel for how they respond to Vader.