[At Conventions] they give me all the photos to sign. Star Wars, Superman. And Hammy the Pig is right up there.

I'm concerned about the insidious influence of the media's bad messages that undermine the lessons parents try to instill in their sons and daughters.

I don't know that I ever did see Star Wars as any different. I was certainly proud that I did it.

In L.A., though, people get off busses calling themselves actors, so many are really not professionals.

You've got to write for your audience.

It was when Boston invited us to do a parade one November, and I was the only [Star Wars] cast member skeptical of the willingness of people to come out to see us five actors drive by in antique cars in the Boston rain. Well, it was the first time I really understood the show's popularity.

Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable laughs.