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Film Quotes by George Lucas

79 Film quotes by George Lucas

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Star Wars grew into a saga that needed more than one movie to hold its story. He mentions how Blade Runner has been cut many times, creating different versions. The quotes also talk about fighting for creative control and how even tiny changes to a film can spark big reactions.

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From the outset, I conceived Star Wars as a series of six films, or two trilogies.

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The secret to film is that it's an illusion.

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Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.

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I like to say that films are never finished, they're only abandoned.

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I wanted to make abstract films that are emotional, and I still do.

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I wanted to make a kids' film that would strengthen contemporary mythology.

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I'm not in a contest. I make movies. I'm not a racehorse...

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If the boy and girl walk off into the sunset hand-in-hand in the last scene, it adds 10 million to the box office.

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The script is what you've dreamed up-this is what it should be. The film is what you end up with.

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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…

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The object is to try to get the (movie) system to work for you, instead of against you. And the only way…

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One of the most telling things about film school is you've got a lot of students wandering around saying, "Oh, I wish…

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Film is a very tight little box. If you don't fit in that box, you're gone. Television, there's more room to move…

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I'm extremely grateful that I discovered my passion. I love movies. I love to watch them, I love to make them.

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If you look at 'Blade Runner,' it's been cut sixteen ways from Sunday, and there are all kinds of different versions of…

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On the Internet, all those same guys that are complaining I made a change are completely changing the movie. I’m saying: ‘Fine.…

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As I talk to film students now especially, I say, "The easiest job you'll ever get is to try to make your…

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You're not going to stay in business, the business of making movies very long because you need the resources in order to…

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I was never interested in being powerful or famous. But once I got to film school and learned about movies, I just…

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After you've done the first feature, then you have heck of a difficult time getting your second film off the ground. They…

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I felt that one of the major issues in the third film is that Luke is finally on his own and has…

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A director makes 100 decisions an hour. Students ask me how you know how to make the right decision, and I say…

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As the workplace becomes more specialized, from offices to medical centers to factories, teams of people must accomplish their work by collaborating…

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It wasn't long after I began writing Star Wars that I realized the story was more than a single film could hold.…

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It took me three, four years, to get from my first film to my second film, banging on doors, trying to get…

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I wanted to be a car mechanic and I wanted to race cars and the idea of trying to make something out…

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It was the money from 'Star Wars' and 'Jaws' that allowed the theaters to build their multiplexes, which allowed an opening up…

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None of the films I've done was designed for a mass audience, except for 'Indiana Jones.' Nobody in their right mind thought…

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I've always been a follower of silent movies. I see film as a visual medium with a musical accompaniment, and dialogue is…

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It's not how well you're able to make a movie. It's how well you're able to make a movie under the circumstances.

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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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As a Western, 'The Magnificent Seven' was a pretty good film. I don't think it was as interesting or as multi-faceted as…

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When you are a beginning film maker you are desperate to survive. The most important thing in the end is survival and…

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I like racing. I love the speed and I'm a very kinetic person in terms of filmmaking. I love the movement of…

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I made lots of movies while in school while everybody else was running around saying, "Oh, I wish I could make a…

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Film is not an easy occupation. There's a lot of occupations that are difficult and film is one of them.

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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…

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I've never been that much of a money guy. I'm more of a film guy, and most of the money I've made…

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In my films, all the great things are put together. It's not like one kind of ice cream but rather a very…

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You can't put a title card at the head of the movie and say, "Well, we really had a bad problem. You…

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If this were a fantasy world, there would be ten of me and we would each be doing what we wanted to do.

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I thought it [Star Wars] was too wacky for the general public. Right or wrong this is my movie, this is my decision, and…

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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If you look at 'Blade Runner,' it's been cut sixteen ways from Sunday, and there are all kinds of different versions of it.

“Dreams are extremely important. You can’t do it unless you imagine it.”

Never tell me the odds!

There's nothing worse than the frustration of having somebody who you feel doesn't get what you're doing, trying to turn it into something else.…

If you really love films, and you really want to get the full impact, there's a huge difference between watching something on a small…

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One of the amazing things about 'Seven Samurai' is that there are a lot of characters. And considering you have so many, and they…