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.
GEORGE LUCASBeing in Washington is more fictional than being in Hollywood.
More George Lucas Quotes
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It’s very important not to do what your peers think you should do, not do what your parents think,your teachers or even your culture. Do what’s inside of you.
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My life is making movies. I like storytelling, and I’ve got a lot of stories that are stored up in my head that I hope to get out before my time is up.
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That had always been my purpose: to get people back in touch with what makes us so valuable as a human race.
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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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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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You don’t see the struggle part of a person’s life. You only see the success they have.
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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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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.
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You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks.
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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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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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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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A movie is never finished, only abandoned.
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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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Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.
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