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Portrait of George Lucas

George Lucas

(1944) Science Fiction Writer

304 quotes in 1378 categories

George Lucas’s reflections reveal a blend of imagination and technical curiosity that reshaped cinema. Across three hundred four statements you’ll glimpse the same pioneering spirit behind his iconic worlds.

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George Lucas is a science fiction writer, best known for Star Wars - From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker.

Quick Facts About George Lucas

Born: May 14, 1944
Profession: Science Fiction Writer
Notable works: Star Wars - From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker

About George Lucas

George Walton Lucas Jr. is an American filmmaker and philanthropist. He created the Star Wars franchise and its fictional universe, the Indiana Jones franchise, and founded Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic and THX. Lucas also served as chairman of Lucasfilm before selling it to The Walt Disney Company in 2012. The recipient of two Emmy Awards and nominations for four Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards, he is considered to be one of the most significant figures of the 20th-century New Hollywood movement, and a pioneer of the modern blockbuster. Despite this, he has remained an independent filmmaker for most of his career.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by George Lucas

Good luck has its storms.

Good

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May the Force be with you.

Empowerment

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“I love you I know”

Know

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“Impressive, most impressive.”

Impressive

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Never tell me the odds!

Business

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“Faster, more intense”

Faster

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They were at the wrong place at the wrong time naturally they became heroes

Hero

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“Do or do not, there is no try. -Yoda”

Inspirational

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The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.

Ability

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“We’re a couple of shooting stars, Biggs, and we’ll never be stopped.”

Fight

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We were always dreaming of how it was going to be.

Dream

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Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter.

Beings

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There wasn't much as a kid that inspired me in what I did as an adult.

Adult

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Impressive, most impressive. (Darth Vadar)

Funny

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Our system of education is locked in a time capsule. You want to say to the people in charge, 'You're not using…

Education

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The ideals and principles for which Dr King fought have never been forgotten and are as relevant today as they were 40…

Forgotten

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For the third trilogy, I don't know if I will still be alive when it comes the time to make them.

Alive

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There's no difference between movies and television. None at all. Except in a lot of cases, television's much better than movies.

Better

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You must let go of your past and embrace your future and figure out what path you're going to go down

Embrace

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I grew up in the era, 'Don't trust anybody over 30.' And, you know, I still feel that. Don't trust me.

Don't trust

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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.

Film

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You don't see the struggle part of a person's life. You only see the success they have.

Life

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I've had much more down in my life than I've had up. And much more struggle. First of all, when I went…

Careers

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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…

Giving

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I think that God gave us a brain, and that it's the only thing we have to survive. All life forms have…

Advantage

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STAR WARS is really three trilogies, nine films. The first trilogy covers the fall of the Republic and the rise of the…

Empires

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It's now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers. I've always believed that Star Wars…

Always believe

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In 3-D filmmaking, I can take images and manipulate them infinitely, as opposed to taking still photographs and laying them one after…

Cinema

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One of the things that will never get explained in the films is how Ben was able to retain his identity, because…

Able

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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…

Beautiful

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There are a few critics overseas, and occasionally a critic will write an astute analysis of the movie. There is value in…

Analysis

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George Orwell was right. There's no greater genius as far as I'm concerned in terms of understanding human nature. I think that…

Authority

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A lot of great thinkers- like Einstein and Newton- come up with their best ideas when they're young because they don't yet…

Be creative

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When Star Wars became a hit and I had a chance to make the other movies, I had to figure out a…

Chance

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Everybody has talent and it's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is. A talent is a combination…

Ability

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I wanted Yoda to be the traditional kind of character you find in fairy tales and mythology. And that character is usually…

Attention

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You have to understand that it's a very cooperative world, not only with the environment, with but our fellow human beings. If…

Biology

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Heroes come in all sizes, and you don't have to be a giant hero. You can be a very small hero. It's…

Accepting

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“A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.”

Boring

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So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.

Applause

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George Lucas by topic

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