I liked all the normal kinds of adventure books, Kidnapped, Treasure Island, Huck Finn sorts of things. I loved Swiss Family Robinson and that whole period of South Sea adventure movies. I liked westerns. Westerns were very big when I was growing up. When we finally got a television there was a whole run of westerns on television. John Wayne films, directed by John Ford, before I knew who John Ford was. I think those were very influential in my enjoyment of movies.
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George Lucas
Filmmaker; creator of Star Wars and founder of Lucasfilm
United States · b. 1944
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American filmmaker who wrote and directed American Graffiti and Star Wars, created the Indiana Jones films with Steven Spielberg, and founded Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic.
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Whenever you’re making a movie, especially when you’re writing, you always have self-doubts. I did the first location shooting in Tunisia.
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Academy of Achievement, Academy of Achievement interview, Skywalker Ranch, California, 1 June 1999
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Yeah, and it’s made it considerably more difficult. It’s funny when you look back now, because everybody’s sort of copied those films. They’re so ingrained in the culture now, it’s almost impossible to think there was a point where those things were completely odd and unique.
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Academy of Achievement, Academy of Achievement interview, Skywalker Ranch, California, 1 June 1999
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