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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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" 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

Feelings

Personal

Nobody

" My mandate to myself since I've been involved in these movies was 'make every single movie different, so there's never 'X-Men' fatigue.' "

" I grew up outside Cleveland, Ohio, and I went to college at Boston University. I majored in film. Then I came out to Los Angeles. "

Lauren Shuler Donner

College

Film

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

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

" I think people really don't understand what a producer does versus what a director does. I mean, the producer is often the person that is on the movie the longest - it's their material that they are then bringing the director onto to bring it to the screen. Are we overlooked? Absolutely. "

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

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

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

Lauren Shuler Donner

Bothered

Long

" The first writer I developed a script with was John Hughes, and that was 'Mr. Mom.' That was my first feature film. "

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

" For me, I think Bob Iger is one of the smartest men in the country. "

Lauren Shuler Donner

Men

Smartest

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

Lauren Shuler Donner

Business

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

" The first movie I produced was a movie that Joel Schumacher wrote and directed called 'Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill.' "

" You have to have somebody to root for. I truly believe that's how you ground a movie. You ground them in the characters. "

" The thing about Texas is that it's a little larger than life. "

" 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. "

" We love 'X-Force.' It allows us to be a little grittier. "

Lauren Shuler Donner

Little

Love

" The first two actors we cast were Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen. Because we started so highbrow, we were able to get anyone. Plus, some of these people have children, and their kids love 'X-Men.' They'll do it because of them - that's our little extra ace in the hole. "

" Sometimes, I've had the experience with a director where I didn't share the same vision of the movie. "

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

" I was attracted to the comics because of the characters and, particularly, Wolverine because he is so complex. He is so damaged and tragic in many ways - he doesn't have his memory. His body was invaded. He has unrequited love for Jean Grey. "

Lauren Shuler Donner

Memory

Love

" Not many people know 'Hellblazer.' "

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

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

" The thrill of doing television versus features is, in television, you get to focus more on the characters. "

Lauren Shuler Donner

Get

Focus

" 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. "

" I love to say that what's great about 'Legion' is that if you haven't read a comic book and you haven't seen an 'X-Men' movie, you can come in and understand it - and this can be your comic. "

" 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. "