Lauren Shuler Donner Quotes

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Lauren Shuler Donner

Profession : Producer

Birth : June 23, 1949

I'm obsessed with 'Peaky Blinders.' Those characters are awful, and yet you root for them. You love them! Same with 'Breaking Bad.'

Lauren Shuler Donner

The cinematic universe will not worry about 'Legion.' They will not worry about these TV worlds at all.

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The thematic core of 'X-Men' is tolerance. It's that for those of us who are different in any way - in a big way, whether it's you're a minority, you're a woman, you're a Muslim, you are suppressed or marginalized - it can go the whole spectrum - but even if you are shy or you feel like an outsider - and X-Men are outsiders.

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I didn't tell anyone I had lupus for many, many years, and I didn't tell anyone I had cancer. I was afraid no one would hire me, and I also felt it was deeply personal. It was nobody's business. Now, of course, my feelings have changed.

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I wanted to tell people you can live a full life, even if you're not feeling well.

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Almost everyone I know is battling something, whether it's allergies or depression. Whatever it is, it makes you feel less than who you are. I believe part of life's challenge is to work through that.

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When I was in my 20s, I was always sick. I was always feeling exhausted.

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I would say that the first 'X-Men' was the hardest. It took us a long time to get it going.

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I feel fortunate every day I'm in this business. No matter how hard it is, no matter how ruthless some people are, I was born to do this; I was born for movies.

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Don't take rejection personally.

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I like having an idea, or hearing an idea, and getting it into a proper script.

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Producing is figuring out how to make each character have a distinct voice, how to make the story twist and turn - that's the biggest challenge.

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People would congratulate Dick for my movies. It bothered me for a long, long time.

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Dick understands what I go through. He understands the difficulty and the brutality of the business.

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People would ask for my autograph because they had never seen a woman behind the camera before.

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I've really tried to use the power of film to effect change.

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The accomplishment that I am most proud of is that 'Free Willy' and 'Dave' got a political message out, which isn't easy to do within the constraints of studio moviemaking.

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In the past, I've been a workaholic. I'm trying not to be anymore.

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It was a fear we had when we started 'Legion,' that there were too many comic-book series out there, and how do you stand out. Our mandate always is to make something different in feel and tone. You try to avoid someone thinking, 'Gee, I've seen this before.'

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I stayed in the East for about a year after I graduated. Then, I came out to Los Angeles and started knocking on doors and working my way up. This was the '70s. I had been told how tough it was for a woman trying to make it in Hollywood, but I sort of had blinders on. I just did things anyway.

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