Quotes by Richard Donner

About Richard Donner:

Richard Donner is an American film director, comic book writer and film producer. After directing the horror film The Omen (1976), Donner became famous for the hailed creation of the first modern superhero film, Superman (1978), starring Christopher Reeve.
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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?

Richard Donner

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

Richard Donner

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

Richard Donner

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

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. didn't 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 was very lucky. I started my own commercial company.

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

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.

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? 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?

Richard Donner

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

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

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

Richard Donner

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

Richard Donner

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

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 had life threats, because people accused me of approaching Brando as God and his son was Jesus. I literally had people saying my blood would run in the streets for doing that.

Richard Donner

It was the beginning of film for television. So we had all of these great opportunities. Northwestern was probably the only major film school of its kind at the time that was graduating anybody important.

Richard Donner

Author Bio

  • NameRichard Donner
  • DescriptionFilm director
  • BornApril 24, 1930
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Director; Actor; Film Producer