The Dallas Morning News has an interesting article on Mark Hamill in which he discusses recent projects and his life now. Here are a few excerpts:
Mr. Hamill, who voices an angry wolf in Balto II - Wolf Quest , a direct-to-video sequel coming out Tuesday, has been married for 22 years and is the father of three (ages 13, 17 and 22).
In the years since the first Star Wars trilogy he has thrown himself into the world of Broadway (Amadeus, The Elephant Man and others), CD-ROM action games ("Wing Commander") and voice-over animation. Since 1992, he's been voicing the Joker for The Adventures of Batman and Robin, followed by Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, and loving it. He's also done voices on Pinky and the Brain, Johnny Bravo, The Powerpuff Girls, Disney/Pixar's Buzz Lightyear of Star Command and The Simpsons.
"I love the selflessness of voice acting," he says, intermittently going from masterfully manic to deliciously sinister voices. "When I first starting doing the Joker, I felt I'd never been this creatively satisfied, playing a psycho who could be cordial and courtly Noel Coward-smooth one minute and pulling at the roots of his hair the next. I was shocked at how fulfilling it is. It's a revelation."
Mr. Hamill says he's into the animated medium, and is currently trying to develop his own movie. In the meantime, he has a sound set-up in his basement that allows him to do his voice-overs from home. He loves the convenience and ease of walking downstairs wearing whatever while he works.
Mr. Hamill, 50 now, doesn't mind talking about his Star Wars movies. He says he still gets mail addressed to Luke in a Galaxy Far Far Away; the postman knows where to bring it. And he has cool memories of filming false footage so that no one would know that Darth Vader was Luke's father until the second movie came out.
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