Acting in 'Star Wars' I felt like a raisin in a giant fruit salad, and I didn't even know who the cantaloupes were.
I can't tell you how much we laughed on the set to have Alec Guinness in a scene with a big, furry dog that's flying a space ship.
I have a sneaking suspicion that if there were a way to make movies without actors, George Lucas would do it.
I never saw myself so much as an actor. I wanted to be a cartoonist like Charles M. Schulz and create my own world and be able to have a studio at home and not commute and be able to be with my family.
I think theatre has given me the opportunity to show what a character actor I can be.
You know how there are some stars out there who know how to market themselves? I don't have that.
Mark Hamill was cast as the villain Mike Hawkins in the Swedish production Hamilton, directed by Harald Zwart. He co-starred with Peter Stormare and Lena Olin in this TV movie.
Hamill was orginally cast as David Bradford on the TV series Eight is Enough. He asked to be released from his contract before Star Wars was released; sensing the movie was going to be a success, he wanted to focus on his movie career.
He starred with Linda Blair in the tv-movie Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic.
Mark was a guest at the Dark Horse Comic Con the second year it held an art auction to benefit the Doernbecher Children's Hospital in Portland, Oregon. The con actually began with many of the guests, Mark included, visiting patients in the hospital. The halls reverberated with the sound of the Joker's maniacal laugh. Mark later gave a talk at the con, and an announcement was made that he was donating his appearance fee to the ongoing fundraising to build a new hospital. When the new hospital opened, Mark again paid a visit, spending the day visiting with the young patients.
Over the past few years, Mark and his family have become involved with Children Helping Poor and Homeless Children. This includes helping with the ongoing collection of items donated and participating in special fund-raisers, a celebrity mini golf tournament being one of them.
Mark has done a number of 'Meet and Greet' sessions for local Make A Wish Foundations throughout his career. One of the most memorable was in the Milwaukee area January 2000 celebrating the theatrical release of Walking Across Egypt. A nominal donation of $5.00 enabled a good number of fans to meet Mark, and have an instant photograph taken. A Saturday morning session at the Mayfair Theatre complex, and an afternoon session at a local Blockbuster Video enabled the Milwaukee branch to sponsor the wishes of two seriously ill children, along with their families, with a good start for a third child's. The afternoon session, scheduled to start at 2 pm, had fans lining up in sub-zero weather, from 8 am that morning.
He has voiced Wolverine in X2: Wolverine's Revenge, the tie-in game to the movie X2: X-Men United.
Hamill and Marilou York have three children - Nathan Elias, Griffin Tobias and Chelsea Elizabeth.
He starred and directed the 2004 direct-to-DVD Comic Book: The Movie. A comic book fan, Hamill has said his character was based on an exaggerated version of himself. He and his crew shot the mockumentary movie primarily during the 2002 San Diego Comic-Con, and enlisted even Stan Lee, Kevin Smith, and Hugh Hefner in small roles. The movie won an award for Best Live-Action DVD Premiere Movie at the 2005 DVD Exclusive Awards.
Two recent notable performances have included Colonel Muska in the English language version of Castle in the Sky and the Mayor of Pejite in Nausica? of the Valley of the Wind, both directed by Hayao Miyazaki and distributed by Disney.
His success in the role has led to various villainous and/or deranged roles in other animated series, including the Gargoyle in the animated series of The Incredible Hulk, the Hobgoblin in Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Maximus in Fantastic Four, Cock-Knocker from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and the deranged shock jock Dr. Jak in Phantom 2040.
Once guest starred on The Simpsons as himself.
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