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. Richard Donner Read Quote
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. Richard Donner Read Quote
I think what some people are doing with effects is starting to get silly. It’s overused. Richard Donner Read Quote
I had life threats, because people accused me of approaching Brando as God and his son was Jesus. I literally had people saying my blood would run in the streets for doing that. Richard Donner Read Quote
How was I going to make a man fly? How was I going to convince the public that an actor could fly? Richard Donner Read Quote
It was 1978 when Superman came out, and I kept thinking, Why don’t they do something about it? They’ve done all these crappy attempts at comic book film adaptations. What can we do different? Why don’t we just re-release this thing? Richard Donner Read Quote
