” Nothing’s better than coming away from a film when people don’t even recognize you, because you’ve undergone a total transformation. “
” As you get older, you can suffer from painful hips, and our joints wear a lot quicker than for people of average height. “
” When I came up with the character of Wicket for ‘Return Of The Jedi’, which was my first film, I was a kid of 11 years old, and I basically was playing a very young Ewok. “
” I wouldn’t say one is easier or more difficult, but when you’re inside a costume and a mask, you have to endure heat – and, often, difficulty seeing. The vision is not very good in a mask. And you have to cope with that, as well as trying to think about this character. “
” When I go from a role with heavy prosthetic makeup, which I’ve done quite a bit of as well, and then do a role where I’m not wearing any, I have to be conscious of toning everything down. Because when you’re wearing prosthetic makeup, of course, you have to really move your face a lot more to convey things through the makeup. “
” My life is quite physical anyway. When you are three-foot-six you kind of have to climb stuff now and again, and you find yourself in quite precarious situations just to manage in what is quite a big world. “
” In a costume, you need very exaggerated body language – as you say, sort of mime-type skills. “
” If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And many movie fans I’ve spoken to would rather see an actor in a costume than CG. “
” My parents armed me with an amazing sense of humor, and it’s what you need when, well, it’s what anyone needs in this world. “
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