Quotes by George Lucas

About George Lucas:

George Walton Lucas, Jr. is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and entrepreneur. He is best known as the creator of the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, as well as the founder of Lucasfilm and ILM. He led Lucasfilm as chairman and chief executive before selling it to The Walt Disney Company in 2012.
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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

I'm one of those people who says, 'yes, cinema died when they invented sound.'

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 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

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

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

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

Film is a very tight little box. If you don't fit in that box, you're gone. Television, there's more room to move around.

George Lucas

Whenever you do something, people try to re-do it and do a better version, especially if they're in another country.

George Lucas

Dreams are extremely important. You can’t do it unless you imagine it.

George Lucas

The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.

George Lucas

Always remember, your focus determines your reality.

George Lucas

A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.

George Lucas

I realized why directors are such horrible people - in a way - because you want things to be right, and people will just not listen to you, and there is no time to be nice to people, no time to be delicate.

George Lucas

Whatever has happened in my quest for innovation has been part of my quest for immaculate reality.

George Lucas

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 a...

George Lucas

It was the money from 'Star Wars' and 'Jaws' that allowed the theaters to build their multiplexes, which allowed an opening up of screens.

George Lucas

I've never been that much of a money guy. I'm more of a film guy, and most of the money I've made is in defense of trying to keep creative control of my movies.

George Lucas

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 ...

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

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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Author Bio

  • NameGeorge Lucas
  • DescriptionAmerican film producer
  • BornMay 14, 1944
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Producer; Film Director; Art Collector; Film Editor; Voice Actor; Cinematographer; Screenwriter; Actor; Writer
  • WorksAmerican Graffiti; THX 1138; Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope