Storytelling is about two things; it's about character and plot. George Lucas More Quotes by George Lucas More Quotes From George Lucas There are a few critics overseas, and occasionally a critic will write an astute analysis of the movie. There is value in reading critics that actually have something intelligent to say, but the journalistic community lives in a world of sound bites and literary commerce: selling newspapers, selling books, and they do that simply by trashing things. They don't criticize or analyze them. They simply trash them for the sake of a headline, or to shock people to get them to buy whatever it is they're selling. George Lucas readingwritingbook I grew up in the era, 'Don't trust anybody over 30.' And, you know, I still feel that. Don't trust me. George Lucas erasgrewtrust-me The sciences are the 'how,' and the humanities are the 'why' - why are we here, why do we believe in the things we believe in. I don't think you can have the 'how' without the 'why.' George Lucas humanitybelievethinking In my films, all the great things are put together. It's not like one kind of ice cream but rather a very big Sundae. George Lucas ice-creamkindtogether To be renewed is everything. What more could one ask for than to have one's youth back again? George Lucas back-againyouthasks Sometimes you must let go of your pride and do what is asked of us. Anakin Skywalker, Episode 2: Attack of the Clones George Lucas prideletting-gosometimes Han Solo: Wonderful girl. Either I'm going to kill her or I'm beginning to like her. George Lucas obi-wan-kenobilike-hergirl If you can tune into the fantasy life of an 11-year-old girl, you can make a fortune in this business. George Lucas girltunesyears Luke: Boy, it's lucky you have these compartments. Han: I use them for smuggling. I never thought I'd be smuggling myself in them. This is ridiculous. George Lucas luckyuseboys The ability to speak does not make you intelligent. George Lucas jinnintelligentdoe I felt that one of the major issues in the third film is that Luke is finally on his own and has to fight Vader and the Emperor by himself. If you get a sense that Yoda or Ben is there to help him or to somehow influence him, it diminishes the power of the scene. George Lucas issuesfightinghelping Teachers are the most important individuals in our society - nothing is as powerful as the human touch in education. George Lucas powerfulimportantteacher I put all of my resources into pushing the evolution in an industry that is notoriously backwards and I enjoy pushing that envelope,. George Lucas envelopespushingevolution We tried to do Yoda in CGI in Episode I, but we just couldn't get it done in time. We couldn't get the technology to work, so we had to use the puppet, but the puppet really wasn't as good as the CGI. So when we did the reissue, we had to put the CGI back in, which was what it was meant to be. George Lucas puppetstechnologydone After you've done the first feature, then you have heck of a difficult time getting your second film off the ground. They look at your first film and they say, "Oh well, we don't want you anymore." George Lucas donelooksfirsts Success is a very difficult thing. It's much more difficult than one might think. George Lucas difficultmightthinking You need to have a lot of close family around you, a lot of friends to keep you honest. Take your time, take a year and just slow everything down a little bit. Get away from the success part, stay with yourself. Go off on a beach somewhere or do something to keep yourself aligned right. George Lucas lots-of-friendsbeachyears Over time I began to realize that the level of cinema criticism in the last part of XX century in the United States was pretty low. The institution itself is not what it's supposed to be, and I realized that I didn't need to take that seriously. George Lucas united-statescriticismneeds You have to have a thick enough skin to cope with the criticism. I'm very self-critical and I have a lot of friends that I trust who are film directors and writers and people in my profession. George Lucas criticismselfpeople I've discovered that most critics themselves are cinematically illiterate. They don't really know much about movies. They don't know the history. They don't know the technology. They don't know anything. So for them to try to analyze it, they're lost. George Lucas technologylosttrying
