george lucas

“ The ability to speak does not make you intelligent. ”

“ If you strike me down, I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine. ”

“ Someday you're going to have to learn to separate what seems to be important from what really is important. ”

“ 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. ”

“ Im never gonna be a businessman! ”

“ I felt that one of the major issues in the third film is that Luke is finally on his own and has to fight Vader and the Emperor by himself. If you get a sense that Yoda or Ben is there to help him or to somehow influence him, it diminishes the power of the scene. ”

“ 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. ”

“ A movie is never finished, only abandoned. ”

“ Always pass on what you have learned. ”

“ A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing. ”