Star quality is one of the most difficult things to describe. It emanates from the person, and he may not even understand it himself. It's a quality that separates the star from the rest of us. — Richard D. Zanuck Copy Share Image
A lot of athletes have star quality, but they just can't perform in front of a camera. So no matter how good-looking you are, no matter what kind of presence you have, you still have to be able to be… — Richard D. Zanuck Copy Share Image
I think the executives at the studios today realize that it's easier and safer to go the - to some known territory which is… — Richard D. Zanuck Copy Share Image
It would have been impossible to get 'The Verdict' off the ground without Paul Newman obviously, but today without any star, kind of a… — Richard D. Zanuck Copy Share Image
Star quality is one of the most difficult things to describe. It emanates from the person, and he may not even understand it himself.… — Richard D. Zanuck Copy Share Image
It wasn't easy once I started running 20th Century Fox. There were a lot of eyebrows raised, and it wasn't easy, that transition, because,… — Richard D. Zanuck Copy Share Image
The technology is really where all of the changes have taken place, but the fundamentals of a good story being the basis of every… — Richard D. Zanuck Copy Share Image
I was practically born and raised at 20th Century Fox studio, started to work there selling papers when I was around seven years old,… — Richard D. Zanuck Copy Share Image
I had a tough time 12 years ago getting 'Driving Miss Daisy' off the ground. Today, it would be impossible. — Richard D. Zanuck Copy Share Image
These days, right now, these are the good old days. I've always approached it that way. That's why I'm still working. I'm not the… — Richard D. Zanuck Copy Share Image
I think we simply all like to project ourselves into somebody else - somebody who is better-looking, richer, smarter. It's comforting. It's escapism, and… — Richard D. Zanuck Copy Share Image
Portnoy's Complaint' was very far out there, and movies have always worked when you have either a funny situation between two or more people… — Richard D. Zanuck Copy Share Image
These last few years, working with Tim Burton, it's been the best time I've ever had. — Richard D. Zanuck Copy Share Image
When you're doing a film, it's your film and it's, you know, your blood and - is in it along with everybody else's, and… — Richard D. Zanuck Copy Share Image
