"George has only got to ring me. His imagination is so wonderful, I'd do any character he might create"
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The real power sits in the compliment: "His imagination is so wonderful". Mayhew, physically iconic as Chewbacca, locates authorship with George Lucas. That choice carries subtext. Actors often fight to be seen as creative partners, not hired hands. Mayhew goes the other direction, embracing a collaborative hierarchy that made sense for Star Wars: Lucas as mythmaker, performers as vessels who give the myth a heartbeat. It's humility, but it's also strategy, reinforcing a public narrative of loyalty that fans love and studios reward.
"I'd do any character he might create" is both a personal pledge and a cultural tell. It reveals how Star Wars functioned as an imaginative universe actors wanted to live inside, not just a gig. Coming from Mayhew - whose fame is inseparable from one role - the line doubles as an acceptance of typecasting with dignity: if the world is big enough, being a piece of it is its own kind of freedom.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Mayhew, Peter. (2026, January 16). George has only got to ring me. His imagination is so wonderful, I'd do any character he might create. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/george-has-only-got-to-ring-me-his-imagination-is-90520/
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Mayhew, Peter. "George has only got to ring me. His imagination is so wonderful, I'd do any character he might create." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/george-has-only-got-to-ring-me-his-imagination-is-90520/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"George has only got to ring me. His imagination is so wonderful, I'd do any character he might create." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/george-has-only-got-to-ring-me-his-imagination-is-90520/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.



