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.
GEORGE LUCASIt’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.
GEORGE LUCASAll democracies turn into dictatorships – but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator, whether it’s Julius Caesar or Napoleon or Adolf Hitler. Ultimately, the general population goes along with the idea.
GEORGE LUCASAlways remember, your focus determines your reality.
GEORGE LUCASYou can’t do it unless you can imagine it.
GEORGE LUCASMy 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.
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.
GEORGE LUCASYou don’t see the struggle part of a person’s life. You only see the success they have.
GEORGE LUCASIf you want to be successful in a particular field of endeavor, I think perseverance is one of the key qualities.
GEORGE LUCASGood luck has its storms.
GEORGE LUCASAll the religions are true, they just see a different part of the elephant.
GEORGE LUCASYou have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks.
GEORGE LUCASIt’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 LUCASPart 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.
GEORGE LUCASI’ve always tried to be aware of what I say in my films, because all of us who make motion pictures are teachers – teachers with very loud voices.
GEORGE LUCASYou 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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