My success wasn’t based on how I could push down everybody that was around me. My success was based on how much I could push everybody up.
GEORGE LUCASA special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.
More George Lucas Quotes
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The one way the world hasn’t changed: teaching is still the most important job.
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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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If you want to be successful in a particular field of endeavor, I think perseverance is one of the key qualities.
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Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that’s one of the hardest things to do because you don’t always know exactly where you’re going, and you shouldn’t.
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The best way to truly understand narrative art is to experience it.
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Whatever has happened in my quest for innovation has been part of my quest for immaculate reality.
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Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.
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Working hard is very important. You’re not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.
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It’s not a matter of how well can you make a movie. It’s how well can you make it under the circumstance, because there’s always circumstances. You cannot use that as an excuse.
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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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Part of the reason my friends and I became successful is that we were always helping each other.
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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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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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I want to live where I want to live, and I will make films because I love to make films.
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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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