Richard Donner Quotes & Sayings

27 most famous Richard Donner quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's a 94 year old American director born on Apr 24, 1930.

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

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

“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.”

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

“People say, You paid your dues, but I never paid any dues. It's always been a great trip.”

“That's how you get a performance - they put trust in you.”

“It's only been a couple of times in my life that I've really locked horns with actors. It did not hurt the films, it just hurt the moment of the filmmaking.”