Richard D. Zanuck Quotes

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• The most important thing is the story. Not the script, but the story.
• In the studios days, the public's perception of movie stars was much different, because the stars were so much less exposed. This made them seem…
• 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…
• I had a tough time 12 years ago getting 'Driving Miss Daisy' off the ground. Today, it would be impossible.
• The Sound of Music' did more damage to the industry than any other picture. Everyone tried to copy it. We were the biggest offenders.
• These last few years, working with Tim Burton, it's been the best time I've ever had.
• Everything's changed. The technology is the big thing changing now, the way movies like 'Alice' or 'Avatar' are made. And technology on the other side,…
• I think the executives at the studios today realize that it's easier and safer to go the - to some known territory which is a…
• 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 that,…
• I was practically born and raised at 20th Century Fox studio, started to work there selling papers when I was around seven years old, and…
• 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, you…
• It would have been impossible to get 'The Verdict' off the ground without Paul Newman obviously, but today without any star, kind of a dramatic…
• 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 or…
• 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…
• 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 guy…
• 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 it's…
• The technology is really where all of the changes have taken place, but the fundamentals of a good story being the basis of every good…

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