Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard. What you’ve really got to do is focus on learning as much about life, and about various aspects of it first. George Lucas More Quotes by George Lucas More Quotes From George Lucas Mos Eisley spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. George Lucas obi-wan-kenobi dark-side scum 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. George Lucas giants phones facts 'Young Indiana Jones' was one of the happiest times I ever had, so I love television. George Lucas indiana young television 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 saga of the Skywalkers and Jedi Knights unfolded, I began to see it as a tale that could take at least nine films to tell - three trilogies - and I realized, in making my way through the back story and after story, that I was really setting out to make the middle story. George Lucas stars writing war 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. George Lucas stars imagination war 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. George Lucas doctors emotional hard-work 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. George Lucas filmmaking photograph moving 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. George Lucas care powerful school 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. George Lucas college summer school Impressive, most impressive. (Darth Vadar) George Lucas impressive 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. George Lucas stars photography war 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. George Lucas mean world thinking 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. George Lucas psychology doe culture 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. George Lucas samurai guy character From the outset, I conceived Star Wars as a series of six films, or two trilogies. George Lucas stars war two Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer. George Lucas very-good writing thinking I thought it was too wacky for the general public. On his original opinion of his movie's chances for success, 1997. George Lucas opinion chance success Being in Washington is more fictional than being in Hollywood. George Lucas hollywood As you go through history, I didn't think it was going to get quite this close. So it's just one of those recurring things. I hope this doesn't come true in our country. Maybe the film will waken people to the situation. George Lucas country people thinking No film ever ends up exactly as you would like it to, but with minor exceptions, THX came out pretty much as I had visualized it, thanks to some excellent assistance -- and a whole lot of luck. George Lucas thanks film luck