If you want to be successful in a particular field of endeavor, I think perseverance is one of the key qualities. George Lucas More Quotes by George Lucas More Quotes From George Lucas May the Force be with you. George Lucas film-history psychics movie 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. George Lucas adequate levels jobs Ultimately the Force is the larger mystery of the universe. And to trust your feelings is your way into that. George Lucas mystery feelings way I wanted Yoda to be the traditional kind of character you find in fairy tales and mythology. And that character is usually a frog or a wizened old man on the side of the road. The hero is going down the road and meets this poor and insignificant person. The goal or lesson is for the hero to learn to respect everybody and to pay attention to the poorest person because that's where the key to his success will be. George Lucas hero character men I made lots of movies while in school while everybody else was running around saying, "Oh, I wish I could make a movie. I wish they'd give me some film." George Lucas running giving school Star Wars is a saga of Good vs. Evil, divided into nine parts. George Lucas stars evil war [In ancient Rome,] why did the senate after killing Caesar turn around and give the government to his nephew? Why did France after they got rid of the king and that whole system turn around and give it to Napoleon? It's the same thing with Germany and Hitler. George Lucas rome government kings You can be as rich, and famous, and powerful as you want to be, and it will not bring you happiness. That's said over and over and over, again. It's such a cliché that it hardly needs to be said, but people don't understand that it's actually true. George Lucas powerful people needs It's not a matter of how well can you make a movie. It's how well can you make it under the circumstance, because there's always circumstances. You cannot use that as an excuse. George Lucas use circumstances matter After a lot of struggling and sort of reflection I realized that the time you have to give is now, regardless of how old you are. George Lucas reflection struggle giving 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. George Lucas stars war years Never tell me the odds! George Lucas business inspirational war As I talk to film students now especially, I say, "The easiest job you'll ever get is to try to make your first film." That's the easy one to get, is the first film because nobody knows whether you can make a film or not. George Lucas trying jobs firsts I wanted to make abstract films that are emotional, and I still do. George Lucas abstract film emotional I don't ever see movies by myself. I always see them with other people because I want to know what works. I want to know where they laugh. I want to know where they don't laugh. I want to know what they think about it afterwards because in the end that's what the art that I'm working with is. George Lucas people art thinking When you are a beginning film maker you are desperate to survive. The most important thing in the end is survival and being able to get to your next picture. George Lucas able survival important You try to get yourself into a situation where you only have to answer to yourself, where you can ask advice of people and work with your peers and mentors and things to try to do the best job that you can possibly do. George Lucas best-job jobs people Success is when you try to achieve your inward vision externally and have it come off the way you see it. Then YOU feel successful about it; that's how success is measured. George Lucas vision successful trying 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. George Lucas certain motivational people There wasn't anything in my life that was going to stop me from making movies. George Lucas
