George Lucas Quotes:
Working hard is very important. You’re not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.
George Lucas
Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that’s one of the hardest things to do because you don’t always know exactly where you’re going, and you shouldn’t.
George Lucas
Storytelling is about two things; it’s about character and plot.
George Lucas
The secret to film is that it’s an illusion.
George Lucas
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Good luck has its storms.
George Lucas
I thought Star Wars was too wacky for the general public.
George Lucas
You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.
George Lucas
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
Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.
George Lucas
Film is not an easy occupation. There’s a lot of occupations that are difficult and film is one of them.
George Lucas
Everybody has talent, it’s just a matter of moving around until you’ve discovered what it is.
George Lucas
Even in high school I was very interested in history – why people do the things they do. As a kid I spent a lot of time trying to relate the past to the present.
George Lucas
Although I write screenplays, I don’t think I’m a very good writer.
George Lucas
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
Whatever has happened in my quest for innovation has been part of my quest for immaculate reality.
George Lucas
‘Star Wars’ is fun, its exciting, its inspirational, and people respond to that. It’s what they want.
George Lucas
The ideals and principles for which Dr King fought have never been forgotten and are as relevant today as they were 40 years ago.
George Lucas
If the boy and girl walk off into the sunset hand-in-hand in the last scene, it adds 10 million to the box office.
George Lucas
To be renewed is everything. What more could one ask for than to have one’s youth back again?
George Lucas
Making a film is like putting out a fire with sieve. There are so many elements, and it gets so complicated.
George Lucas
The sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie.
George Lucas
A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.
George Lucas
There wasn’t much as a kid that inspired me in what I did as an adult, but I was always very interested in what motivates people, and in telling stories and building things.
George Lucas
I loved photography and everybody said it was a crazy thing to do because in those days nobody made it into the film business. I mean, unless you were related to somebody there was no way in.
George Lucas
The secret is not to give up hope. It’s very hard not to because if you’re really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.
George Lucas
You can’t do it unless you can imagine it.
George Lucas
I am simply trying to struggle through life; trying to do God’s bidding.
George Lucas
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
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
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
I’m not much of a math and science guy. I spent most of my time in school daydreaming and managed to turn it into a living.
George Lucas
When I was making ‘Star Wars,’ I wasn’t restrained by any kind of science. I simply said, ‘I’m going to create a world that’s fun and interesting, makes sense, and seems to have a reality to it.’
George Lucas