American - Director | May 14, 1944 -
Film is not an easy occupation. There's a lot of occupations that are difficult and film is one of them.
George Lucas
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'Star Wars' is fun, its exciting, its inspirational, and people respond to that. It's what they want.
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Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.
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To be renewed is everything. What more could one ask for than to have one's youth back again?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I was afraid that science-fiction buffs and everybody would say things like, 'You know, there's no sound in outer space.'
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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.
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A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.
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The sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie.
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I thought Star Wars was too wacky for the general public.
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