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18 quotes by David Prowse

David Prowse, MBE (born 1 July 1935) is an English bodybuilder, weightlifter and actor. He played Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy, though the character's voice was provided by James Earl Jones. He also played the Green Cross Code man, a character used in British road safety advertising.
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I've seen the teaser trailer for Revenge of the Sith though and I think it will be excellent.

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George Lucas was casting about and had heard favourable things about my work in Clockwork Orange and asked me to come in, which of course I did even... →

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Actually, the Department of Transport were at one stage going to sack me.

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I am doing better now though one of my legs is shorter than the other due to the operations.

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My agent set up a meeting with George Lucas. They were casting in England.

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The attraction, and my particular participation is in being able to communicate with my fans, answer their questions, get a feel for how they respond... →

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I do remember smiling quite a bit inside it though since I knew it wouldn't be seen on film - so of course while the poor planet is being blown... →

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But I must say the work I'm proudest of is the Green Cross Code man.

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Actually I'm not that involved in the fan site.

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As a director he was not that interested in Vader.

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I suppose the most fun I had was on the second film.

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Not much to be perfectly honest! I thought The Phantom Menace was terrible, except for the Pod Race.

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The agency was desperate to get started with the commercials in 1976, but I was working on Star Wars.

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