Tony DiTerlizzi Quotes

When I was a kid, 'Star Wars' was it. Like, it's in your DNA. I'm old enough to have seen the original one.

I grew up with the 'Star Wars' movies since before I have many memories. We had them on VHS back in the day, so they were part of the fabric of growing up in my family.

The original 'Star Wars' that I was a part of really was the beginning of my working life.

I think the first movie I ever saw was a 'Star Wars' triple bill, when 'Return of the Jedi' was released.

'Star Wars' meant everything to me growing up.

The original release of 'Star Wars' was literally the first movie I remember seeing in a theater. Four years old was probably too young - I recall believing, for some time, that Darth Vader was a robot.

For me, my first fandom was 'Star Wars.'

I loved Tolkien and I loved 'Star Wars,' which was the first memory that I have being in a movie theater. And, of course, that was the defining movie for me as a kid.

I was four years old when I saw 'Star Wars', and it has been significantly important throughout my entire life.

I think that Star Wars revolutionized not only sci-fi movies, but also the entire industry in the way that things are done.

I know stuff about 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Star Wars,' but 'Star Trek,' I don't know.

When I was a kid, I was hugely impacted by 'Jurassic Park.' I think I was just the right age when that movie came out, and I remember running around my town like a Velociraptor.

I remember when I was - I must've been 17 or 18 years old - I remember 'The Empire Strikes Back' had a big cliffhanger ending, and it was, like, three years before the next one came out.

The first 'Star Wars' film was enormously important. I grew up right smack-bang in the sweet spot of all of those. It's true cinema magic. It's fair to say that, as a kid, I would have been very happy to be Han Solo, and I would have been happy to have gone out with Princess Leia.

I loved 'Star Wars'. I had the toys.

I was a 'Star Wars' fanatic growing up. I guess I still am. Pretty much for everybody who grew up in the 1980s as well, it's a symbol of their childhood.

For some reason, I skipped the original 'Star Wars.' I don't know why, and I'm very embarrassed.

I liked 'Star Wars' as a kid. I liked science fiction.

I have such a vivid memory of seeing science fiction movies and going to the lobby and playing whatever the space games were, and imagine I was blowing up the Death Star.

I don't want to sound trite, but 'Star Wars' really, really impacted me.

When I was maybe three years old, I was obsessed with this song 'Leader of the Band' by Dan Fogelberg. My mom took me to the mall and bought me a 45 of it. We would listen to that song all the time.

I've never seen any 'Star Wars' movie.

I grew up with 'Star Wars,' not 'Star Trek.'

When I was 9, I saw 'Star Wars,' and it set me on a path to where I am today.

The reason I make movies now has a lot to do with having seen Star Wars when I was seven years old. That's the formative movie-going experience of my life.