"It was 1978 when Superman came out, and……" — Richard Donner
"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?"
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30 Quotes by Richard Donner
Richard Donner has 30 quotes on this site.
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It's only been a couple of times in my life that I've really locked horns with actors. It did not…
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I think what some people are doing with effects is starting to get silly. It's overused.
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It was just the thrill of a lifetime. Brando and Hackman were two of my heroes.
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I was painting sets, working in editorial as an assistant, driving their trucks, lying that I knew how to drive…
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People say, You paid your dues, but I never paid any dues. It's always been a great trip.
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I'm open to comments. I'm open to objective points of view, because I've been very narrow and very subjective.
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When you make a film, you like to run it with an audience. They tell you you're narrow-minded or subjective,…
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How was I going to make a man fly? How was I going to convince the public that an actor…
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I realized what you could do in motion pictures by surrounding yourself with geniuses.
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I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor.
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I was really disappointed that Warner Bros. didn't think highly enough of my film or my filmmaking to ask me…
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I was tweaked by the idea of Superman immediately.
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The true basis of morality is utility; that is, the adaptation of our actions to the promotion of the general…
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I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing…
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I wrote a screenplay for a 'Sweet Valley High' adaptation, and it's really amazing to me how many women who…
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Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This…
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During periods of discontinuous, abrupt change, the essence of adaptation involves a keen sensitivity to what should be abandoned -…
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It is not necessarily those lands which are the most fertile or most favored in climate that seem to me…
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