Top 27 Quotes by 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.

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.

How was I going to make a man fly? How was I going to convince the public that an actor could fly?

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

I was tweaked by the idea of Superman immediately.

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.

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.

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

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

Superman was never previewed because the producers didn't trust Warners with the film.