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" I grew up in San Francisco. And so I'm informed in a certain kind of way about, you know, believing in democracy and believing in America. And I'm a very ardent patriot. "
George Lucas
Know
America
Democracy
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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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" A director makes 100 decisions an hour. Students ask me how you know how to make the right decision, and I say to them, 'If you don't know how to make the right decision, you're not a director.' "
George Lucas
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Decisions
Know
" The sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie. "
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" 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. "
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School
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" In 3-D filmmaking, I can take images and manipulate them infinitely, as opposed to taking still photographs and laying them one after the other. I move things in all directions. It's such a liberating experience. "
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I Can
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" Film is not an easy occupation. There's a lot of occupations that are difficult and film is one of them. "
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Difficult
Easy
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" As a Western, 'The Magnificent Seven' was a pretty good film. I don't think it was as interesting or as multi-faceted as 'Seven Samurai.' "
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Good
" Making a film is like putting out a fire with sieve. There are so many elements, and it gets so complicated. "
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Out
Many
" I'm one of those people who says, 'yes, cinema died when they invented sound.' "
George Lucas
Who
People
Sound
" The secret to the movie business, or any business, is to get a good education in a subject besides film - whether it's history, psychology, economics, or architecture - so you have something to make a movie about. All the skill in the world isn't going to help you unless you have something to say. "
George Lucas
Help
Education
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" Digital technology is the same revolution as adding sound to pictures and the same revolution as adding color to pictures. Nothing more and nothing less. "
George Lucas
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Color
Revolution
" 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
King
Never
Principles
" 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
Sunset
Walk
Office
" You can't do it unless you can imagine it. "
George Lucas
You
Imagination
Imagine
" 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
" If you really love films, and you really want to get the full impact, there's a huge difference between watching something on a small screen with a mediocre sound system and watching it on a giant screen in a giant theater with a huge beautiful sound system. I mean, the difference is electric. "
George Lucas
Beautiful
Small
You
" 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
" 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
Crazy
" 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
People
Me
Kid
" 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
" To be renewed is everything. What more could one ask for than to have one's youth back again? "
George Lucas
Everything
Youth
Back
" I live a reasonably simple life, off the beaten track. "
George Lucas
Simple Life
Life
Simple
" 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
" 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. "
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People
Influence
Truth Is
" 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
" 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. "
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Together
Big
Me
" Whatever has happened in my quest for innovation has been part of my quest for immaculate reality. "
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Whatever
Truth
Reality
" Working hard is very important. You're not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard. "
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Working Hard
Work
Important
" The secret to film is that it's an illusion. "
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Film
Illusion
Secret
" 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