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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. "
George Lucas
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" 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. "
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Help
Education
Business
" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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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Experience
I Can
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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. "
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Color
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" Working hard is very important. You're not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard. "
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Work
Important
" 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. "
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Beautiful
Small
You
" 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.' "
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Fun
Reality
World
" 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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Think
Film
Good
" The technology keeps moving forward, which makes it easier for the artists to tell their stories and paint the pictures they want. "
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Moving Forward
Moving
Want
" 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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Community
Car
Education
" 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
Decision
Decisions
Know
" I'm one of those people who says, 'yes, cinema died when they invented sound.' "
George Lucas
Who
People
Sound
" The story being told in 'Star Wars' is a classic one. Every few hundred years, the story is retold because we have a tendency to do the same things over and over again. Power corrupts, and when you're in charge, you start doing things that you think are right, but they're actually not. "
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Start
You
Think
" Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer. "
George Lucas
Good
Very
Writer
" 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. "
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Loved
Business
Crazy
" 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. "
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Time
Wisdom
World
" I live a reasonably simple life, off the beaten track. "
George Lucas
Simple Life
Life
Simple
" You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead. "
George Lucas
Ahead
Keep Going
Motivational
" 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
" I am simply trying to struggle through life; trying to do God's bidding. "
George Lucas
I Am
Am
Life
" 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. "
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Changes
Movies
World
" 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. "
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Survival
Picture
You
" There's no difference between movies and television. None at all. Except in a lot of cases, television's much better than movies. "
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Difference
Television
Better
" One thing about 'Star Wars' that I'm really proud of is that it expands the imagination. That's why I like the 'Star Wars' toys. "
George Lucas
Imagination
Toys
Why
" 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. "
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World
Intelligent
People
" Whenever you do something, people try to re-do it and do a better version, especially if they're in another country. "
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Better
You
Try
" 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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Complicated
Out
Many
" 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. "
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Night
People
Football
" 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. "
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People
Me
Kid