Richard Donner Professions : Film director Born : April 24, 1930 Browse All Authors Top 27 quotes by Richard Donner It's only been a couple of times in my life that I've really locked horns with actors. It did not hurt the films, it just hurt the moment of the filmmaking. Richard Donner movie couple hurt I realized what you could do in motion pictures by surrounding yourself with geniuses. Richard Donner motion-pictures i-realized genius Superman was never previewed because the producers didn't trust Warners with the film. Richard Donner film producers It was the beginning of film for television. So we had all of these great opportunities. Northwestern was probably the only major film school of its kind at the time that was graduating anybody important. Richard Donner important opportunity school It was 1978 when Superman came out, and I kept thinking, Why don't they do something about it? They've done all these crappy attempts at comic book film adaptations. What can we do different? Why don't we just re-release this thing? Richard Donner different book thinking In motion pictures, the actor rules. The camera served the actor. Richard Donner motion-pictures cameras actors If you had the opportunity and some talent, there was no way you couldn't progress, because it was an open market. There was the advertising world, and there was the documentary world. Richard Donner progress opportunity world I was tweaked by the idea of Superman immediately. Richard Donner ideas I was really disappointed that Warner Bros. didn't think highly enough of my film or my filmmaking to ask me to make the new Superman. Richard Donner movie actors thinking I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor. Richard Donner actors trying How was I going to make a man fly? How was I going to convince the public that an actor could fly? Richard Donner convince actors men When you make a film, you like to run it with an audience. They tell you you're narrow-minded or subjective, or that seems too long, or that doesn't work. Richard Donner subjectivity running long I'm open to comments. I'm open to objective points of view, because I've been very narrow and very subjective. Richard Donner point-of-view objectivity views People say, You paid your dues, but I never paid any dues. It's always been a great trip. Richard Donner dues journey people I was painting sets, working in editorial as an assistant, driving their trucks... lying that I knew how to drive a truck... and doing commercials and documentaries. Richard Donner documentaries assistants lying It was just the thrill of a lifetime. Brando and Hackman were two of my heroes. Richard Donner firefighter hero two I think what some people are doing with effects is starting to get silly. It's overused. Richard Donner stupid silly thinking VERISIMILITUDE (the appearance or semblance of truth) Richard Donner semblance appearance I had life threats, because people accused me of approaching Brando as God and his son was Jesus. I literally had people saying my blood would run in the streets for doing that. Richard Donner me god life son I was very lucky. I started my own commercial company. Richard Donner own company my-own lucky Similar Authors Alex Graves film-director Brad Furman film-director Bryan Singer film-director Bruno Dumont film-director Bruce McDonald film-director Bruce Brown film-director All Authors
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