Quotes about others

Ian does such an amazing job of playing the puppet master, you know. He pulls each string with such charming yet evil precision.” On Ian McDiarmid in Revenge of the Sith.

I’m just afraid that he’ll see it and go [thumbs up] ‘that’s what we’re going for.” About George Lucas seeing the potential pony tail version of Anakin’s hair in Revenge of the Sith.

As much as it is my character, it’s all coming from George’s head. He is the definitive of how it should be played. So you have to pay attention.” On playing Anakin Skywaker for George Lucas.

Nick Gillard creates a unique fighting style for each of the Jedi and how it sort of reveals a certain element of their personality. … A lot of the aggression I hold in my character is exemplified in my fighting style” On training for Attack of the Clones.

I went over to George’s house for dinner last night and his daughter, Katie Lucas, drove me back and she was talking about going to school at USC for a year and how a bizarre of an experience that is for her to go onto campus and make her applications and to walk by the George Lucas Building and to read in her pamphlet that they offer a history of the George Lucas films and a retrospective on his work. You know, this man has made such an impact on the medium of film, it’s incredible. He’s, you know, a visionary. And so I think inevitably he’ll be around for as long as film is around. Or the projection process, you know, I don’t know if you can call if film, but….” On the phenomenon of being forever a part of Star Wars.

I tried to not give it too much thought because it’s hard to get your head around, but it’s … it’s been really cool. And cool’s not the right word. It’s been a privelege to be a part of George Lucas’s world and the sort of niche he’s afforded me in his films in the role that he gave me. It was more I could ever dream of, so it was pretty neat.” On being part of the Star Wars cultural phenomenon.

Ewan and I were very excited for this fight. We’d been sort of talking about it since we first met, and we went out to Australia a ways before we started filming just to prepare for it. And had a great time learning the choreography and getting up to speed and we really had a go at each other and I think it shows on film. … You do the fights and at the end of each take the light sabres are all warped because we’ve been hitting them so hard.” On the fight scenes on Revenge of the Sith.

I can’t really say that he is that much like Obi-wan; he’s a lot more fun, he’s a great guy, he’s a good friend and a fine actor, obviously. I don’t know if he share too many similarities with Obi-wan though. He’s just a lot of fun. Answering to the question that if Ewan was like Obi-Wan.

Right now, she just got engaged to a sea captain, who captains a boat and so she’s traveling around the world with him in his boat. He was asked of what his sister (Hesja) was doing.

Yeah, my grandmother is italian. she’s just the best cook ever and I used to hang on the kitchen with her, and watch her cook. Answering to that if he like to cook.