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Film Quotes by George Lucas

52 Film quotes by George Lucas

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George Lucas has spent a lifetime turning imagination into moving pictures, and his comments on film reveal a blend of storytelling discipline and daring experimentation. Readers get a glimpse of the principles that guided the creation of iconic worlds and why they still resonate.

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

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

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

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

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

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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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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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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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Kurosawa was one of film's true greats. His ability to transform a vision into a powerful work of art is unparalleled.

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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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I want to live where I want to live, and I will make films because I love to make films.

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Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard. What you’ve really got to do…

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There should be a point to movies. Sure, you're giving people a diversion from the cold world for a bit, but at…

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I am very concerned about our national heritage, and I am very concerned that the films that I watched when I was…

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If I'd have gone to art school, or stayed in anthropology, I probably would have ended up back in film ... Mostly…

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I think one of the reasons that Steven (Spielberg) and I have been as successful as we have is because we like…

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You have to have a thick enough skin to cope with the criticism. I'm very self-critical and I have a lot of…

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As you go through history, I didn't think it was going to get quite this close. So it's just one of those…

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I think that Lethal Weapon-style dialogue is overused, it's a necessary aspect of high action films where you have to have the…

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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 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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My life is making movies. I like storytelling, and I've got a lot of stories that are stored up in my head…

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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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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'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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The story being told in 'Star Wars' is a classic one. Every few hundred years, the story is retold because we have a tendency…

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I'm very proud of all the movies I made. I am very happy with everything I've done. I like to watch my movies. Some…

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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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All democracies turn into dictatorships - but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator, whether it's Julius Caesar or Napoleon…

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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…

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

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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.

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

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Never tell me the odds!

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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.…

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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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