Storytelling is about two things; it’s about character and plot.
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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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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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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A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.
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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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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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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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I am simply trying to struggle through life trying to do God’s bidding.
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Train yourself to let go of the things you fear to lose.
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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.
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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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All 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.
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People who alter or destroy works of art and our cultural heritage for profit or as an exercise of power are barbarians.
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The secret to film is that it’s an illusion.
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The one way the world hasn’t changed: teaching is still the most important job.
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I regret not the things I have done, only those I have yet to do.
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