George Lucas
TV/Filmmaker
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George Lucas, the visionary filmmaker behind *Star Wars* and *Indiana Jones*, transformed modern cinema with his imaginative storytelling and groundbreaking innovation. His quotes reflect his creativity, determination, and belief in the power of ideas to inspire and entertain. Together, they offer insight into the art of filmmaking, the value of persistence, and the limitless potential of imagination.
The sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie.
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.
I've always been a follower of silent movies. I see film as a visual medium with a musical accompaniment, and dialogue is a raft that goes on with it.
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.
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 is in defense of trying to keep creative control of my movies.
The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.
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.
We’re a couple of shooting stars, Biggs, and we’ll never be stopped.
From Star Wars: A New Hope
The secret to film is that it's an illusion.
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.
Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.
I thought Star Wars was too wacky for the general public.
You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.
There's no difference between movies and television. None at all. Except in a lot of cases, television's much better than movies.
The sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie.
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.
I've always been a follower of silent movies. I see film as a visual medium with a musical accompaniment, and dialogue is a raft that goes on with it.
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.
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 is in defense of trying to keep creative control of my movies.
The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.
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.
We’re a couple of shooting stars, Biggs, and we’ll never be stopped.
From Star Wars: A New Hope
The secret to film is that it's an illusion.
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.
Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.
I thought Star Wars was too wacky for the general public.
You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.
There's no difference between movies and television. None at all. Except in a lot of cases, television's much better than movies.
The sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie.
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.
I've always been a follower of silent movies. I see film as a visual medium with a musical accompaniment, and dialogue is a raft that goes on with it.
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.
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 is in defense of trying to keep creative control of my movies.
The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.
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.
We’re a couple of shooting stars, Biggs, and we’ll never be stopped.
From Star Wars: A New Hope
The secret to film is that it's an illusion.
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.
Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.
I thought Star Wars was too wacky for the general public.
You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.
There's no difference between movies and television. None at all. Except in a lot of cases, television's much better than movies.
