Quotes by Richard Donner

First cuts are a bitch for a director, because its been so many months and you put your trust in your editor and you're going to see your film assembled for the first time. You look at it and go, This is terrible. I hate it. (Richard Donner)

I think what some people are doing with effects is starting to get silly. Its overused. (Richard Donner)

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. (Richard Donner)

I was really disappointed that Warner Bros. didnt think highly enough of my film or my filmmaking to ask me to make the new Superman. (Richard Donner)

I was tweaked by the idea of Superman immediately. (Richard Donner)

I worked for a lot of great directors. (Richard Donner)

If you had the opportunity and some talent, there was no way you couldnt progress, because it was an open market. There was the advertising world, and there was the documentary world. (Richard Donner)

In motion pictures, the actor rules. The camera served the actor. (Richard Donner)

It was 1978 when Superman came out, and I kept thinking, Why don't they do something about it? Theyve done all these crappy attempts at comic book film adaptations. What can we do different? Why don't we just re-release this thing. (Richard Donner)

It was just the thrill of a lifetime. Brando and Hackman were two of my heroes. (Richard Donner)