Consistency is very important when you're making films.

- Ian Mcdiarmid

I've been trying to find a redeeming feature to Palpatine, and the only one I've got so far is that he's clearly a patron of the arts because he goes…

- Ian Mcdiarmid

I think the greatest thing about being an actor is that you can become other people. ... You have the opportunity to explore ... alternative ways of …

- Ian Mcdiarmid

When George asked me to be the prequels, it was the same kind of meeting - it was very short and to the point. It was nice to see him after a long ti…

- Ian Mcdiarmid

If you're any kind of artist, you've got to ... keep opening yourself to new possibilities.

- Ian Mcdiarmid

To start your life as a character of 120 years when you are in your late thirties, and then go back in time about 20 years later to play the same cha…

- Ian Mcdiarmid

That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance.

- Ian Mcdiarmid

Im the blackest villain of all time.

- Ian Mcdiarmid

Serious work gets done ... in congenial surroundings, which tend to make you laugh.

- Ian Mcdiarmid