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George Lucas on how he had to reluctantly write the screenplay for 'American Graffiti' (1973) & the confidence he gained from the movie's success: "When I was doing 'American Graffiti' (1973) I was still struggling with my ‘I don’t want to be a writer’ syndrome. I had some good friends of mine that I wanted to write the screenplay, but it took me like two years just to get the money to do a screenplay. And I got a little tiny amount of money and—which I had to go actually to the Cannes Film Festival to get on my own. So finally I got this money. I called back and I said, you know, “I got the money. We can start working on the screenplay.” And they said, “Oh, we don’t want to do that now. We’ve got our own low-budget picture off the ground and we can’t write it.” I said, “Oh no.” I said, “What am I going to do? I am in Europe and I’m not going to be back for like three months and I want to get this thing off the ground.” So they recommended another student from school that I knew pretty well. I had a story treatment that laid out the entire story scene by scene, so I called him over the phone from London and I said, “Do you want to do this?” And he said, “Okay.” The person I was working with at that time as a producer made a deal with him for the whole money because there wasn’t very much. It was so tiny that he could only get him to do it for the whole amount of money. When I came back from England, the screenplay was a completely different screenplay from the story treatment. It was more like 'Hot Rods to Hell' (1967). It was very fantasy-like, with playing chicken and things that kids didn’t really do. I wanted something that was more like the way I grew up. So I took that and I said, “Okay. Now here I am. I’ve got a deal to turn in a screenplay. I’ve got a screenplay that is just not the kind of screenplay I want at all and I have no money.” And, I spent the very last money I had saved up to go to Europe to make the deal, so I had nothing. That was a very dark period for me so I sat down myself and wrote the screenplay. After I did 'American Graffiti', and it was successful, it was a big moment for me because I really did sit down with myself and say, “Okay, now I am a director. Now I know I can get a job. I can work in this industry, and apply my trade, and express my ideas on things and be creative in a way that I enjoy. Even if I end up doing TV commercials or something, or I fall back into what I really love is documentaries. I’ll be able to do it. I know I can get a job somewhere. I know I can raise money somewhere. I know I can do what I want to do.” That was a very good feeling. At that point, I’d made it. There wasn’t anything in my life that was going to stop me from making movies." ('‘American Graffiti’ at 52: A Sentimentally Affectionate Look at America Before the Collective Loss of Innocence', Sven Mikulec, Cinephilia & Beyond)
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George Lucas on how he had to reluctantly write the screenplay for 'American Graffiti' (1973) & the confidence he gained from the movie's success: "When I was doing 'American Graffiti' (1973) I was still struggling with my ‘I don’t want to be a writer’ syndrome. I had some good friends of mine that I wanted to write the screenplay, but it took me like two years just to get the money to do a screenplay. And I got a little tiny amount of money and—which I had to go actually to the Cannes Film Festival to get on my own. So finally I got this money. I called back and I said, you know, “I got the money. We can start working on the screenplay.” And they said, “Oh, we don’t want to do that now. We’ve got our own low-budget picture off the ground and we can’t write it.” I said, “Oh no.” I said, “What am I going to do? I am in Europe and I’m not going to be back for like three months and I want to get this thing off the ground.” So they recommended another student from school that I knew pretty well. I had a story treatment that laid out the entire story scene by scene, so I called him over the phone from London and I said, “Do you want to do this?” And he said, “Okay.” The person I was working with at that time as a producer made a deal with him for the whole money because there wasn’t very much. It was so tiny that he could only get him to do it for the whole amount of money. When I came back from England, the screenplay was a completely different screenplay from the story treatment. It was more like 'Hot Rods to Hell' (1967). It was very fantasy-like, with playing chicken and things that kids didn’t really do. I wanted something that was more like the way I grew up. So I took that and I said, “Okay. Now here I am. I’ve got a deal to turn in a screenplay. I’ve got a screenplay that is just not the kind of screenplay I want at all and I have no money.” And, I spent the very last money I had saved up to go to Europe to make the deal, so I had nothing. That was a very dark period for me so I sat down myself and wrote the screenplay. After I did 'American Graffiti', and it was successful, it was a big moment for me because I really did sit down with myself and say, “Okay, now I am a director. Now I know I can get a job. I can work in this industry, and apply my trade, and express my ideas on things and be creative in a way that I enjoy. Even if I end up doing TV commercials or something, or I fall back into what I really love is documentaries. I’ll be able to do it. I know I can get a job somewhere. I know I can raise money somewhere. I know I can do what I want to do.” That was a very good feeling. At that point, I’d made it. There wasn’t anything in my life that was going to stop me from making movies." ('‘American Graffiti’ at 52: A Sentimentally Affectionate Look at America Before the Collective Loss of Innocence', Sven Mikulec, Cinephilia & Beyond)

DepressedBergman

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“I had a green rug for a long time and then I also bought this piece of art that was like one of the first things I bought I think when I was 18. It's a statue of Jesus wearing boxing gloves and uh and I think there was a point where I was like ‘what is this?’ So it's not in my house anymore but for a while it was there.” - Harry on the regrettable design choices in his house Brittany Broski’s Royal Court
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“I had a green rug for a long time and then I also bought this piece of art that was like one of the first things I bought I think when I was 18. It's a statue of Jesus wearing boxing gloves and uh and I think there was a point where I was like ‘what is this?’ So it's not in my house anymore but for a while it was there.” - Harry on the regrettable design choices in his house Brittany Broski’s Royal Court

HSNews

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today I’m a CEO but in my early 20s I was a dropout, a hitchhiker, a vagrant. I lived like an outlaw and I loved it I owned nothing but a backpack and sleeping bag, and lived on the road here’s the story:
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today I’m a CEO but in my early 20s I was a dropout, a hitchhiker, a vagrant. I lived like an outlaw and I loved it I owned nothing but a backpack and sleeping bag, and lived on the road here’s the story:

Rob Hoffman

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This lady’s neighbor speeds by her house every time, kicking up dust everywhere and posing a threat to the kids in the area. She ends up coming up with her own solution whether it’s legal or not, it’s actually kind of funny in a creative way. Maybe by doing that it made things worse, would you have done the same? When I was younger. I was that neighbor. I had a fast car inspired by the Fast and the Furious, it was pretty loud too. My neighbors always complained about my car and called the cops. The funny thing about that was the one that was the most vocal didn’t even live next to me. They lived at the end of the street where I would speed off and chirp my tires. After a few heated exchanges I thought it was over. A month’s went by and I haven’t heard anything. I woke up early for work and noticed my car was egged in a few spots. I got into the car and left, drove to the touch-less car wash and washed the car. I inspected it later and there wasn’t any permanent damage it was just a mess. I didn’t have any cameras at the time so I didn’t know who did it, I always had a suspicion who it was but I couldn’t prove it. I didn’t stop my antics though I kept doing what I did for a few more months until I ended up trading it in for something else.
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This lady’s neighbor speeds by her house every time, kicking up dust everywhere and posing a threat to the kids in the area. She ends up coming up with her own solution whether it’s legal or not, it’s actually kind of funny in a creative way. Maybe by doing that it made things worse, would you have done the same? When I was younger. I was that neighbor. I had a fast car inspired by the Fast and the Furious, it was pretty loud too. My neighbors always complained about my car and called the cops. The funny thing about that was the one that was the most vocal didn’t even live next to me. They lived at the end of the street where I would speed off and chirp my tires. After a few heated exchanges I thought it was over. A month’s went by and I haven’t heard anything. I woke up early for work and noticed my car was egged in a few spots. I got into the car and left, drove to the touch-less car wash and washed the car. I inspected it later and there wasn’t any permanent damage it was just a mess. I didn’t have any cameras at the time so I didn’t know who did it, I always had a suspicion who it was but I couldn’t prove it. I didn’t stop my antics though I kept doing what I did for a few more months until I ended up trading it in for something else.

SonnyBoy🇺🇸

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ADÉLA explains why she quit ballet and what it was like to move out at a young age: “I moved out when I was 14 to dance all over the place. I lived alone for 2 years and I came back and was like, “I gotta quit”. I would do 8 hours a day of ballet at school since I was 10, and then I would come home and do 5 more hours alone in my room. I was a fucking freak.”
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ADÉLA explains why she quit ballet and what it was like to move out at a young age: “I moved out when I was 14 to dance all over the place. I lived alone for 2 years and I came back and was like, “I gotta quit”. I would do 8 hours a day of ballet at school since I was 10, and then I would come home and do 5 more hours alone in my room. I was a fucking freak.”

ADÉLA Access

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I wasn't going to post any of the videos I had from that day, was asked to post these two. Just Phil Lyman , All of the TPUSA guys and Volunteers were nothing but caring for others in the aftermath. I didn't activate my camera for most of it, was a little preoccupied. I have a couple others, but they really aren't very interesting.
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I wasn't going to post any of the videos I had from that day, was asked to post these two. Just Phil Lyman , All of the TPUSA guys and Volunteers were nothing but caring for others in the aftermath. I didn't activate my camera for most of it, was a little preoccupied. I have a couple others, but they really aren't very interesting.

Flat Ranger - UT

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