In a stage play, you kill the leads and they come out for a bow - in a movie, they don't come out for a bow, they're dead.

- Frank Oz

Do or do not. There is no try. Only do.

- Frank Oz

If I'm intimidated, I shouldn't be directing a movie. I gotta treat 'em as characters, not as stars. It's hard to not treat Marlon Brando as a legend…

- Frank Oz

When I did Yoda, me and three other people worked our asses off, and I was sweating every single day, it was tough as hell. Now that it's CGI, 24 peo…

- Frank Oz

Once you get a character, you lock it in your heart - it's there.

- Frank Oz

A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack.

- Frank Oz

First impression is unfair, because a first impression of somebody is guarded, and you don't know the person.

- Frank Oz

I don't look back, I just go forward. I'm just proud of the fact that my parents were immigrants and we had nearly nothing, and all of the sudden, wi…

- Frank Oz

Sure there's a difference with puppet-craft - who cares? I don't care about the puppet-craft, I care about what works. Who cares about the puppet and…

- Frank Oz