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.
GEORGE LUCASEverybody has talent, it’s just a matter of moving around until you’ve discovered what it is.
More George Lucas Quotes
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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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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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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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You can’t do it unless you can imagine it.
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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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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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Education is the single most important job of the human race.
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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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A movie is never finished, only abandoned.
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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 you want to be successful in a particular field of endeavor, I think perseverance is one of the key qualities.
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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 want to live where I want to live, and I will make films because I love to make films.
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Always remember, your focus determines your reality.
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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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