But having a really good understanding of history, literature, psychology, sciences – is very, very important to actually being able to make movies.
GEORGE LUCASSound is 50 percent of the movie going experience, and I’ve always believed audiences are moved and excited by what they hear in my movies at least as much as by what they see.
More George Lucas Quotes
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I’ve discovered that most critics themselves are cinematically illiterate. They don’t really know much about movies. They don’t know the history. They don’t know the technology. They don’t know anything. So for them to try to analyze it, they’re lost.
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Sound is 50 percent of the movie going experience, and I’ve always believed audiences are moved and excited by what they hear in my movies at least as much as by what they see.
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Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.
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The underlying issues, the psychological motives, in all my movies have been the same, he said. Personal responsibility and friendship, the importance of a compassionate life as opposed to a passionate life.
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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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A movie is never finished, only abandoned.
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It’s now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers. I’ve always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime.
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I am simply trying to struggle through life trying to do God’s bidding.
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You need peers; you need people who are at the same level you are. You never know in life when you’re going to need help, and you never know who you’re going to need it from.
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The secret to film is that it’s an illusion.
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You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.
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They were at the wrong place at the wrong time naturally they became heroes.
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You must let go of your past and embrace your future and figure out what path you’re going to go down
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Education is the single most important job of the human race.
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Don’t avoid the cliches – they are cliches because they work!
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