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Richard Donner
Age: 91 †
Born: 1930
Born: April 24
Died: 2021
Died: July 5
Executive Producer
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
The Bronx
New York City
Richard Donald Schwartzberg
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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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Superman was never previewed because the producers didn't trust Warners with the film.
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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 to make the new Superman.
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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.
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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.
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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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I realized what you could do in motion pictures by surrounding yourself with geniuses.
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How was I going to make a man fly? How was I going to convince the public that an actor could fly?
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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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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.
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In motion pictures, the actor rules. The camera served the actor.
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