It’s hard work making movies. It’s like being a doctor: you work long hours, very hard hours, and it’s emotional, tense work. If you don’t really love it, then it ain’t worth it.
GEORGE LUCASBeing in Washington is more fictional than being in Hollywood.
More George Lucas Quotes
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I regret not the things I have done, only those I have yet to do.
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The older you get, the less seriously you take criticism. I’ve gotten to a point now where I ignore it completely. It’s just not relevant to me anymore.
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I’m extremely grateful that I discovered my passion. I love movies. I love to watch them, I love to make them.
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The best way to truly understand narrative art is to experience it.
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Someday you’re going to have to learn to separate what seems to be important from what really is important.
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Everybody has talent, it’s just a matter of moving around until you’ve discovered what it is.
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The secret is not to give up hope. It’s very hard not to because if you’re really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.
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Art is the retelling of certain themes in a new light, making them accessible to the public of the moment.
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Don’t avoid the cliches – they are cliches because they work!
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But having a really good understanding of history, literature, psychology, sciences – is very, very important to actually being able to make movies.
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Ultimately the Force is the larger mystery of the universe. And to trust your feelings is your way into that.
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Success is when you try to achieve your inward vision externally and have it come off the way you see it. Then YOU feel successful about it; that’s how success is measured.
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Making a film is like putting out a fire with sieve. There are so many elements, and it gets so complicated.
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Star Wars has always struck a chord with people. There are issues of loyalty, of friendship, of good and evil… The theme came from stories and ideas that have been around for thousands of years.
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There is no why. We are. Life is beyond reason.
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