Richard Donner

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

I was tweaked by the idea of Superman immediately.

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

People say, 'Where do you live?' and I say that theoretically, I live in London, but basically that's just where I go to change my suitcase. Otherwise, I'm always flying somewhere.

I am convinced that the reason so many fans leave Dodger Stadium after the seventh inning is that they become bored.

And yet I think of Christopher Reeve who said he would pay two million dollars to be able to feel pain again. What a courageous man! So I have to think that pain is a blessing.