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. Lauren Shuler Donner Read Quote
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.’ Lauren Shuler Donner Read Quote
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 Read Quote
The thrill of doing television versus features is, in television, you get to focus more on the characters. Lauren Shuler Donner Read Quote
The cinematic universe will not worry about ‘Legion.’ They will not worry about these TV worlds at all. Lauren Shuler Donner Read Quote
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. Lauren Shuler Donner Read Quote
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. Lauren Shuler Donner Read Quote
I wanted to tell people you can live a full life, even if you’re not feeling well. Lauren Shuler Donner Read Quote
