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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. "
George Lucas
Without
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Special
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" I live a reasonably simple life, off the beaten track. "
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" Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer. "
George Lucas
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Very
Writer
" There's no difference between movies and television. None at all. Except in a lot of cases, television's much better than movies. "
George Lucas
Difference
Television
Better
" 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
Loved
Business
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" Football games are on TV, and it doesn't affect stadium attendance at all. It's the same with movies. People who really love movies and like to go out on a Saturday night will go to the movie theater. "
George Lucas
Night
People
Football
" The way I define 'intelligent design' is that when people started out, we wanted to make sense of the world we lived in, so we created stories about how things worked. "
George Lucas
World
Intelligent
People
" Good luck has its storms. "
George Lucas
Good
Good Luck
Storms
" 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
Living
Turn
Time
" Digital technology allows us a much larger scope to tell stories that were pretty much the grounds of the literary media. "
George Lucas
Technology
Tell
Pretty
" Making a film is like putting out a fire with sieve. There are so many elements, and it gets so complicated. "
George Lucas
Complicated
Out
Many
" I've come to the conclusion that mythology is really a form of archaeological psychology. Mythology gives you a sense of what a people believes, what they fear. "
George Lucas
Psychology
Fear
You
" All art is dependent on technology because it's a human endeavour, so even when you're using charcoal on a wall or designed the proscenium arch, that's technology. "
George Lucas
Human
You
Wall
" 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
Community
Car
Education
" 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
Sunday
Different
You
" 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
Survival
Picture
You
" 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
Famous
" Storytelling is about two things; it's about character and plot. "
George Lucas
Communication
Storytelling
Character
" Everybody has talent, it's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is. "
George Lucas
Until
Talent
Moving
" Whatever has happened in my quest for innovation has been part of my quest for immaculate reality. "
George Lucas
Whatever
Truth
Reality
" There should be a point to movies. Sure, you're giving people a diversion from the cold world for a bit, but at the same time, you pass on some facts and rules and maybe a little bit of wisdom. "
George Lucas
Time
Wisdom
World
" The secret to film is that it's an illusion. "
George Lucas
Film
Illusion
Secret
" I started out in anthropology, so to me how society works, how people put themselves together and make things work, has always been a big interest. "
George Lucas
Together
Big
Me
" 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
Looking
Energy
Special
" Working hard is very important. You're not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard. "
George Lucas
Working Hard
Work
Important
" 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
Art
School
Me
" 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
Hope
You
Think
" 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
Fun
Reality
World
" 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
Work
Long
Love
" 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
People
You
Keep Going
" The technology keeps moving forward, which makes it easier for the artists to tell their stories and paint the pictures they want. "
George Lucas
Moving Forward
Moving
Want