I don't think I have something that's pronounceable as a philosophy. ... When it was fashionable to say, "May the Force be with you," I always said, "Force yourself." ... I'll say again then, "The Force is within you. Force yourself."

I don't think nostalgia is very useful to me. There is a story to be told, there's behaviour to create or to bring to the screen that will help tell that story, and nostalgia is just not really a big part of my emotional package.

If you're going to define me properly, you must think in terms of my failures as well as my successes.

I had no expectation of the level of adulation that would come my way. I just wanted to make a living with a regular role in a television series.

I was one of the few people who thought Star Wars was going to work, and I hadn't even seen any special effects.

Parenting is an impossible job at any age.

I was always very grateful I was never hot. In the entire length of my career, I haven't been the most adored.