The script is what you've dreamed up-this is what it should be. The film is what you end up with. — George Lucas Copy Share Image
I've always tried to be aware of what I say in my films, because all of us who make motion pictures are… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
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. — George Lucas Copy Share Image
I think crossing into the digital age is the big move for the industry. I think it will be the biggest thing… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
Anybody that makes films knows the film is never finished. It's abandoned or it's ripped out of your hands, and it's thrown… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
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.… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
I loved photography and everybody said it was a crazy thing to do because in those days nobody made it into the… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
It's not a matter of how well can you make a movie. It's how well can you make it under the circumstance,… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
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… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
No film ever ends up exactly as you would like it to, but with minor exceptions, THX came out pretty much as… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
A film is sort of binary - it either works or it doesn't work. It has nothing to do with how good… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
People look at technology as sometimes an end to things, and it isn't an end in certain cases. In the movie business,… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
The first Star Wars movie was one of six original stories I had written in the form of two trilogies. After the… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
Before I became a film major, I was very heavily into social science, I had done a lot of sociology, anthropology, and… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
I don't ever see movies by myself. I always see them with other people because I want to know what works. I… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
The secret to the movie business, or any business, is to get a good education in a subject besides film - whether… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
All of my films have been very hard to understand at the script stage because they're very different. At the time I… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
One of the things that will never get explained in the films is how Ben was able to retain his identity, because… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
I've had much more down in my life than I've had up. And much more struggle. First of all, when I went… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
STAR WARS is really three trilogies, nine films. The first trilogy covers the fall of the Republic and the rise of the… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
When my films don't work it's usually because I tried some very experimental idea. I tried new ideas and they just didn't… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
I intend more of a kinship with silent films than more modern film. I like the old cinema. My films are more… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
Changes are not unusual - I mean, most movies, when they release them, they make changes. But somehow, when I make the… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
There are a lot of movies that are badly made that I love, and there are a lot of movies that are… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
Sometimes people are surprised to learn that most of the films I've made don't work. They've been released but nobody has ever… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
The underlying issues, the psychological motives, in all my movies have been the same, he said. Personal responsibility and friendship, the importance… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
I came from a very avant-garde documentary kind of film making world. I like cinema verité, documentaries. I liked non-story, non-character tone… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
You're not going to stay in business, the business of making movies very long because you need the resources in order to… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
On the Internet, all those same guys that are complaining I made a change are completely changing the movie. I’m saying: ‘Fine.… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
As I talk to film students now especially, I say, "The easiest job you'll ever get is to try to make your… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
I felt that one of the major issues in the third film is that Luke is finally on his own and has… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
I was never interested in being powerful or famous. But once I got to film school and learned about movies, I just… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
After you've done the first feature, then you have heck of a difficult time getting your second film off the ground. They… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
Kurosawa was one of film's true greats... His ability to transform a vision into a powerful work of art is unparalleled. So… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
When a movie comes out, I always go off on a beach so I miss all the craziness that goes on, all… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
A director makes 100 decisions an hour. Students ask me how you know how to make the right decision, and I say… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
The first script was one of six original stories I had written in the form of two trilogies. After the success of… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
As the workplace becomes more specialized, from offices to medical centers to factories, teams of people must accomplish their work by collaborating… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
I realized why directors are such horrible people - in a way - because you want things to be right, and people… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
The story being told in 'Star Wars' is a classic one. Every few hundred years, the story is retold because we have a tendency… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
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… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
If this were a fantasy world, there would be ten of me and we would each be doing what we wanted to do. — George Lucas Copy Share Image
All democracies turn into dictatorships - but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator, whether it's Julius Caesar or Napoleon… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
I thought it [Star Wars] was too wacky for the general public. Right or wrong this is my movie, this is my decision, and… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing. — George Lucas Copy Share Image
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… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
If you look at 'Blade Runner,' it's been cut sixteen ways from Sunday, and there are all kinds of different versions of it. — George Lucas Copy Share Image
“Dreams are extremely important. You can’t do it unless you imagine it.” — George Lucas Copy Share Image
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.… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
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… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
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