You have the most important job of anyone today. Our kids need you to advocate for their futures. George Lucas More Quotes by George Lucas More Quotes From George Lucas There wasn't anything in my life that was going to stop me from making movies. George Lucas You really have to focus on what you're doing and just plow ahead no matter what hurdles are thrown in front of you. George Lucas hurdle focus matter I've always just followed my own course, whatever I found the most interesting to me at the moment. I've never had a real plan of, "I want to get from here to there, and I've got to do this." George Lucas real want interesting 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. George Lucas stars mind war My life is making movies. I like storytelling, and I've got a lot of stories that are stored up in my head that I hope to get out before my time is up. George Lucas storytelling life-is stories I'm not in a contest. I make movies. I'm not a racehorse. George Lucas racehorses contests competition I'm aware that dialogue isn't my strength. I use it as a device. I don't particularly like dialogue which is part of the problem. George Lucas dialogue problem use You don't see the struggle part of a person's life. You only see the success they have. George Lucas persons struggle Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. George Lucas growth change war One of the most telling things about film school is you've got a lot of students wandering around saying, "Oh, I wish I could make a movie. I wish I could make a movie." George Lucas wish school moving In my experience, there's no such thing as luck. George Lucas obi-wan-kenobi solo luck Whenever you're making a movie, especially when you're writing, you always have self-doubts. George Lucas self doubt writing When my films don't work it's usually because I tried some very experimental idea. I tried new ideas and they just didn't work, as opposed to trying to do something conventional and having it be so conventional nobody wanted to see it. George Lucas film trying ideas The best way to truly understand narrative art is to experience it. George Lucas narrative way art 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. George Lucas photography art school 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. George Lucas princess views book It was the money from 'Star Wars' and 'Jaws' that allowed the theaters to build their multiplexes, which allowed an opening up of screens. George Lucas opening-up stars war If you look at 'Blade Runner,' it's been cut sixteen ways from Sunday, and there are all kinds of different versions of it. George Lucas blade-runner sunday cutting I live a reasonably simple life, off the beaten track. George Lucas simple-life track simple Attention should be paid to this question of our soul, and not simply to accounting procedures. Attention should be paid to the interest of those who are yet unborn, who should be able to see this generation as it saw itself, and the past generation as it saw itself. George Lucas this-generation soul past
