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George Lucas, born on May 14, 1944, is a renowned film director and producer from the United States. He is best known for his groundbreaking film works, particularly the 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones' franchises, which have had a profound impact on the global film industry.

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

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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 thought Star Wars was too wacky for the general public.”

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“The ideals and principles for which Martin Luther King Jr. fought have never been forgotten and are as relevant today as they were 40 years ago.”

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“Whatever has happened in my quest for innovation has been part of my quest for immaculate reality.”

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“I grew up in San Francisco. And so I'm informed in a certain kind of way about, you know, believing in democracy and believing in America. And I'm a very ardent patriot.”

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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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“Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer.”

Thinking Writing Very Good Screenplays Good Writers

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“'American Graffiti' was unpleasant because of the fact that there was no money, no time, and I was compromising myself to death.”

Facts Compromise No Money Graffiti

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“Digital technology allows us a much larger scope to tell stories that were pretty much the grounds of the literary media.”

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“Everyone seems to think that digital technology devoids the medium of content, but that is not true at all. If anything, it broadens the content.”

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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 around.”

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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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“He took me from not being able to write a word in terms of writing screenplays to being the king of wooden dialogue.”

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“I am a giant proponent of giant screens. But I accept the fact that most of my movies are going to be seen on phones.”

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“I live a reasonably simple life, off the beaten track.”

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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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“It was the money from 'Star Wars' and 'Jaws' that allowed the theaters to build their multiplexes, which allowed an opening up of screens.”

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“One thing about 'Star Wars' that I'm really proud of is that it expands the imagination. That's why I like the 'Star Wars' toys.”

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“Storytelling is about two things; it's about character and plot.”

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“The technology keeps moving forward, which makes it easier for the artists to tell their stories and paint the pictures they want.”

Want Stories Moving Artist Technology Easier Paint Moving Forward Keep Moving Keep Moving Forward Just Keep Moving Forward

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“'Young Indiana Jones' was one of the happiest times I ever had, so I love television.”

Young Television Indiana

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“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. If you don't really love it, then it ain't worth it.”

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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 all have shaved heads, and you've got good guys and bad guys and peasants, you get to understand a lot of them without too much being said.”

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“Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that's one of the hardest things to do because you don't always know exactly where you're going, and you shouldn't.”

“The story being told in 'Star Wars' is a classic one. Every few hundred years, the story is retold because we have a tendency to do the same things over and over again. Power corrupts, and when you're in charge, you start doing things that you think are right, but they're actually not.”

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“A film is sort of binary - it either works or it doesn't work. It has nothing to do with how good a job you do. If you bring it up to an adequate level where the audience goes with the movie, then it works, that is all.”

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“A lot of people like to do certain things, but they're not that good at it. Keep going through the things that you like to do, until you find something that you actually seem to be extremely good at. It can be anything.”

People Seems Motivational Certain Keep Going

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“Before I became a film major, I was very heavily into social science, I had done a lot of sociology, anthropology, and I was playing in what I call social psychology, which is sort of an offshoot of anthropology/sociology - looking at a culture as a living organism, why it does what it does.”

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“Changes are not unusual - I mean, most movies, when they release them, they make changes. But somehow, when I make the slightest change, everybody thinks it's the end of the world.”

Thinking World Mean Ends Release Unusual End Of The World Making Changes

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“Football games are on TV, and it doesn't affect stadium attendance at all. It's the same with movies. People who really love movies and like to go out on a Saturday night will go to the movie theater.”

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“For 'Star Wars' I had to develop a whole new idea about special effects to give it the kind of kinetic energy I was looking for. I did it with motion-control photography.”

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“I wanted to race cars. I didn't like school, and all I wanted to do was work on cars. But right before I graduated, I got into a really bad car accident, and I spent that summer in the hospital thinking about where I was heading. I decided to take education more seriously and go to a community college.”

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“I was going to go to a four-year college and be an anthropologist or to an art school and be an illustrator when a friend convinced me to learn photography at the University of Southern California. Little did I know it was a school that taught you how to make movies! It had never occurred to me that I'd ever have any interest in filmmaking.”

“I was never interested in being powerful or famous. But once I got to film school and learned about movies, I just fell in love with it. I didn't care what kind of movies I made.”

Kind Made Care School Film Powerful Film School

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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 the other. I move things in all directions. It's such a liberating experience.”

Stills I Can Moving Photograph Filmmaking Manipulate Liberating

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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 'American Graffiti' or 'Star Wars' would work.”

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“The influence of 'Hidden Fortress' comes up a lot because it was printed in a book once. The truth is, the only thing I was inspired by was the fact that it's told from the point of view of two peasants, who get mixed up with a samurai and princess and a lot of very high-level people.”

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“There wasn't much as a kid that inspired me in what I did as an adult, but I was always very interested in what motivates people, and in telling stories and building things.”

People Stories Kids Building Adults Inspired Telling Stories Building Things

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“So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.”

Dies Liberty Applause Sith Always With You

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“Train yourself to let go of the things you fear to lose.”

Loses Letting Go Train

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“Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them, do not. Miss them, do not. Attachment leads to jealousy. The shadow of greed, that is. Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose”

Force Loses Missing Letting Go Shadow Train Greed Attachment Rejoice Mourn Dark Side Hmm Sith Anger And Fear

Book:Revenge of the Sith: Illustrated Screenplay: Star Wars: Episode III

Source: Revenge of the Sith: Illustrated Screenplay: Star Wars: Episode III

“Always remember, your focus determines your reality.”

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Book:Star Wars®: Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Source: Star Wars®: Episode I: The Phantom Menace

“No! Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.”

Source: ArtFolds: Yoda: Yoda and the Force

“The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.”

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Book:Star Wars®: Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Source: Star Wars®: Episode I: The Phantom Menace

“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”

Source: Star Wars®: Episode I: The Phantom Menace

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

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Book:A New Hope: Star Wars: Episode IV

Source: A New Hope: Star Wars: Episode IV

“These Are Not The Droids You Are Looking For.”

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Book:George Lucas: Interviews

Source: George Lucas: Interviews

“May the Force be with you.”

“Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will.”

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Book:ArtFolds: Yoda: Yoda and the Force

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Born: May 14, 1944
Known for: Film director
Quotes: 268

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