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 LUCASMaking a film is like putting out a fire with sieve. There are so many elements, and it gets so complicated.
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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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I am simply trying to struggle through life trying to do God’s bidding.
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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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Art is the retelling of certain themes in a new light, making them accessible to the public of the moment.
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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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Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.
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If America is the pursuit of happiness, the best way to pursue happiness is to help other people.
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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 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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I’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.
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Teachers are the most important individuals in our society – nothing is as powerful as the human touch in education.
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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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You don’t see the struggle part of a person’s life. You only see the success they have.
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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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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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