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If you got the DVD you can see that George Lucas has taken that person out, as well as the voice, and we shot this scene when we arrived in Australia during the actual filming of Episode 3.


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IAN MACKAYE An unlocked door means that, occasionally, you might get a devil come in, but a locked door means yo...
IAN MACKAYE What we did ten years ago with the Playstation was a phenomenal success story for the company. That ...
IAN JACKSON I think PSP is going to be the most successful handheld entertainment device ever. What it will do i...
IAN JACKSON I think it's going to deliver on the promises we've said it's going to and it is going t...
IAN JACKSON If we deliver on those promises, we'll have done our job, and we did it with PSOne, and we certa...
IAN JACKSON I'm sorry if the following sounds combative and excessively personal, but that's my general ...
IAN JACKSON We're going to create a portable handheld environment, and you should expect the same things you...
IAN JACKSON The hardest thing is the idea. Ideas come from somewhere but as far as we know they come from nowher...
IAN HUNTER I think writers, by nature, are more observers instead of participators.
IAN HUNTER It was a labor of love and they did really well.
IAN HUNTER Other people notice the same things but they don't think to put it to music.
IAN HUNTER Tell the truth.
IAN HUNTER If everyone's ready for a shot to start, except for one actor who's intent on getting to the...
IAN HOLM 'Whatever it takes' is my opinion of method acting and, indeed, any other kind of acting. Lo...
IAN HOLM I get a lot of fan mail addressed to Bilbo and sometimes Sir Bilbo - it's hardly ever addressed ...
IAN HOLM Scarlett Johansson was wonderful in 'Lost in Translation,' and then, seemingly within a coup...
IAN HOLM All performances are different. I don't think it's necessary to compare one with another. I ...
IAN HOLM As an actor, I'm very much a company person. And this also goes through my life: I have a dread ...
IAN HOLM It's not easy to shout against real elements. The elements are big, and the human voice is very ...
IAN HOLM I grew up with the great Sir Laurence Olivier, and I think it's fair to say that a lot of actors...
IAN HOLM