Richard Donner

Soon it's all going to be digital anyway. It's all going to be saved on a little coin somewhere.

— Richard Donner

I'm open to comments. I'm open to objective points of view, because I've been very narrow and very subjective.

— 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…

— Richard Donner

Working with Christopher, he convinced me he could fly, and he's convinced me he's going to walk again.

— Richard Donner

I've always wanted to do a Crichton book. I really love his writing.

— Richard Donner

With The Omen, I really felt I wasn't in control. It was panic.

— Richard Donner

I was very lucky. I started my own commercial company.

— Richard Donner

Superman was never previewed because the producers didn't trust Warners with the film.

— Richard Donner

It was the beginning of film for television. So we had all of these great opportunities. Northwestern was probably the only major…

— Richard Donner

When you make a film, you like to run it with an audience. They tell you you're narrow-minded or subjective, or that…

— Richard Donner

How was I going to make a man fly? How was I going to convince the public that an actor could fly?

— Richard Donner

I was really disappointed that Warner Bros. didn't think highly enough of my film or my filmmaking to ask me to make…

— Richard Donner

VERISIMILITUDE (the appearance or semblance of truth)

— Richard Donner

I think what some people are doing with effects is starting to get silly. It's overused.

— Richard Donner

In motion pictures, the actor rules. The camera served the actor.

— Richard Donner

First cuts are a bitch for a director, because it's been so many months and you put your trust in your editor…

— Richard Donner

It's developing a relationship with actors that makes it work.

— Richard Donner

If you had the opportunity and some talent, there was no way you couldn't progress, because it was an open market. There…

— Richard Donner

When I was doing half-hour shows, I loved it and was preparing myself for the hour shows. Then when I did the…

— Richard Donner

I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor.

— Richard Donner

That's how you get a performance - they put trust in you.

— Richard Donner

I was painting sets, working in editorial as an assistant, driving their trucks, lying that I knew how to drive a truck,…

— Richard Donner

Some actors just won't bend, and then it's a bitch. You either fight or find ways of putting your words in their…

— Richard Donner

When when my first feature opportunity came along, I wasn't prepared, but we did it in about 17 days.

— Richard Donner

I realized what you could do in motion pictures by surrounding yourself with geniuses.

— Richard Donner