I'm Like Old Shoes, I've Never Been

When We Were Making It [star Wars], None Of The Effects Were In. So The First Time, I Thought It Was, You Know, That - I Mean, We Were Surrounded By English Crew Members That Could Hardly Keep Themselves Together. They Were, "here Comes The Guy In The Dog Suit." They Made Fun Of Us, Which Was Ok. But The First Time I Was Sitting In A Theater, And I Saw All The Effects In, And The Big Ship Flew Over The Audience, And The Sound Rumbled, I Pretty Much Thought We Were Close To Home.

I Think People Only Have So Much Interest In Anybody, And If You Barrage Them In Between The Times You Have Something To Offer Them You Become A Personality Rather Than An Actor - Much More Short-lived. I Only Work Once A Year. And That's Enough.

I Just Don't Think Of Age And Time In Respect Of Years. I Have Too Much Experience Of People In Their Seventies Who Are Vigorous And Useful And People Who Are Thirty-five Who Are In Lousy Physical Shape And Can't Think Straight. I Don't Think Age Has That Much To Do With It.

I Don't Mind Playing Older Characters. I Find It Interesting. There Are Parts I Couldn't Have Got When I Was 30 Years Old. So, It Continues To Interest Me In The Same Way That It Always Did.

An Icon Means Nothing To Me. I Don't Understand What It Means To Anybody Actually. It Seems Like A Word Of Convenience. It Seems To Attend To The Huge Success Of Certain Kinds Of Movies That I Did, But There's No Personal Utility In Being An Icon. I Don't Know What An Icon Does, Except Stand In A Corner Quietly Accepting Everyone's Attention. I Like To Work, So There's No Utility In Being An Icon.