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

- Richard Donner

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 …

- Richard Donner

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

- Richard Donner

If you had the opportunity and some talent, there was no way you couldn't progress, because it was an open market. There was the advertising world, a…

- Richard Donner

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

- Richard Donner

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

- Richard Donner

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 film…

- Richard Donner

I was tweaked by the idea of Superman immediately.

- Richard Donner

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

- Richard Donner