"Everybody uses mime and gesture in real life, though we don’t realize it. It’s very useful as a performance technique, though it can be boring to watch on its own. As for radio, I had a wonderful teacher. I was hugely lucky. I didn’t want to play a robot, but the situation was an object lesson in fate taking over."
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A Q&A with Anthony Daniels (C3PO), touring with “Star Wars: In Concert” (October 9, 2009)
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