I am a giant proponent of giant screens. But I accept the fact that most of my movies are going to be seen on phones.
The secret to film is that it's an illusion.
Always remember, your focus determines your reality.
You can't do it unless you can imagine it.
Working hard is very important. You're not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.
Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.
You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.
Digital technology allows us a much larger scope to tell stories that were pretty much the grounds of the literary media.
Good luck has its storms.
Storytelling is about two things it's about character and plot.
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.
Before I became a film major, I was very heavily into social science, I had done a lot of sociology, anthropology, and I was playing in what I call social psychology, which is sort of an offshoot of a...
'Star Wars' is fun, its exciting, its inspirational, and people respond to that. It's what they want.
The technology keeps moving forward, which makes it easier for the artists to tell their stories and paint the pictures they want.
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...
To be renewed is everything. What more could one ask for than to have one's youth back again?
The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.
The sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie.
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...
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. Li...