It was amazing that during rehearsals, without any of the costume on, the character was there complete. It just happened. Half the time, I didn't kno…

- Peter Mayhew

When you've got eight or nine or ten cables running around with someone trying to operate them, it's too much.

- Peter Mayhew

I can go out in public without being recognized. If I want to be recognized in public, it will happen.

- Peter Mayhew

Doing the Muppet Show you forget about conventional filming.

- Peter Mayhew

With my mask, I controlled all of the mouth movements with my own mouth.

- Peter Mayhew

I think by that time I knew where Chewie was going, and he left me to do what was called for, because the character had been well established. You kn…

- Peter Mayhew

After my own for instance, my favourite is Princess Leia.

- Peter Mayhew

Never having played Chess before, it was most interesting to be playing the game with no pieces in front of me. But I still knew how to stroke my hai…

- Peter Mayhew

With Star Wars fans, there's so much enthusiasm, and it's a completely different generation now.

- Peter Mayhew