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Richard Donner

"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?"

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"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?"

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Akshay Vasu

"My first student film was Orientation, which was basically the set-up for Animal House. There are a couple of scenes that we later borrowed in some form."

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Akshay Vasu

"I use cinematic things in a theatrical way on stage, and in film I use theatrical techniques in a cinematic way."

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Akshay Vasu

"I know it's a film and all of that, and it's a Hollywood film, but it kind of feels like this sometimes, when you're in pain and it hurts, and you're desperate. Or you are about to cross some moral line and it's so seductive and you just do... and all that."

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Akshay Vasu

"Film gives us a second chance at a first impression."

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Akshay Vasu

"You are probably right when you say that I could get a role in any producer's film if I just asked."

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Akshay Vasu

"Looper is another great film."

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Akshay Vasu

"When I'm shooting a film, I don't look at playback. I don't go and do a scene and then hurry up and watch what I just did. I never look at it so I haven't seen any of it."

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Akshay Vasu

"The director is the only person who knows what the film is about."

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Akshay Vasu

"In any film there's always a historical implication."

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Akshay Vasu

"For me, the film has to be incredibly bad to make me want to pack up and leave."

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Richard Donner
"That's how you get a performance - they put trust in you."

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

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Richard Donner
"I'm open to comments. I'm open to objective points of view, because I've been very narrow and very subjective."

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Richard Donner
"I was tweaked by the idea of Superman immediately."

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Richard Donner
"In motion pictures, the actor rules. The camera served the actor."

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Richard Donner
"I was very lucky. I started my own commercial company."

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

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Richard Donner
"When when my first feature opportunity came along, I wasn't prepared, but we did it in about 17 days."

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Richard Donner
"I've always wanted to do a Crichton book. I really love his writing."

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Richard Donner
"First cuts are a bitch for a director, because it's been so many months and you put your trust in your editor and you're going to see your film assembled for the first time. You look at it and go, This is terrible. I hate it."

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