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" I like having an idea, or hearing an idea, and getting it into a proper script. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Hearing
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Getting
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" I've really tried to use the power of film to effect change. "
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Change
Tried
Power
" 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
Los Angeles
Woman
Trying
" 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. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Voice
Turn
Story
" I would say that the first 'X-Men' was the hardest. It took us a long time to get it going. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
First
Long
Long Time
" 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.' "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Myself
Involved
Movies
" The first movie I produced was a movie that Joel Schumacher wrote and directed called 'Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill.' "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Night
Movie
Grill
" 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
Up
" 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. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Think
Person
People
" Don't take rejection personally. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Rejection
Personally
Take
" Almost everyone I know is battling something, whether it's allergies or depression. Whatever it is, it makes you feel less than who you are. I believe part of life's challenge is to work through that. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Know
Challenge
Depression
" 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
You
Woman
Feel
" You have to have somebody to root for. I truly believe that's how you ground a movie. You ground them in the characters. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
You
Root
Ground
" We love 'X-Force.' It allows us to be a little grittier. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Little
Us
Love
" The thing about Texas is that it's a little larger than life. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Texas
Little
Life
" I wanted to tell people you can live a full life, even if you're not feeling well. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
You
Feeling
Life
" People would ask for my autograph because they had never seen a woman behind the camera before. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Behind
Never
People
" 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
" I'm dying to do a 'Gambit' movie with Channing Tatum. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Movie
Dying
" In the past, I've been a workaholic. I'm trying not to be anymore. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Past
Workaholic
In The Past
" 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. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
You
Book
Great
" Sometimes, I've had the experience with a director where I didn't share the same vision of the movie. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Experience
Sometimes
Director
" 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
Bad
Love
Breaking
" For me, I think Bob Iger is one of the smartest men in the country. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Me
Men
Smartest
" When I first set out to make movies, that's what I thought I was going to do - make movies that mean something. And each movie had its own message, some stronger than others. Even 'X-Men' has its own message of tolerance. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Movies
Tolerance
Thought
" The first writer I developed a script with was John Hughes, and that was 'Mr. Mom.' That was my first feature film. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Film
Writer
Script
" 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. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Political
Proud
I Am
" Dick understands what I go through. He understands the difficulty and the brutality of the business. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
He
Business
Go
" 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. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Movies
Every Day
Day
" The thrill of doing television versus features is, in television, you get to focus more on the characters. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
More
Get
Focus
" I'm a huge fan, and I didn't grow up with it, I didn't grow up reading 'X-Men' comics. I became a huge fan; I had somebody in my company who gave me the biographies of all the characters. I read Logan's first and was like, 'What a great, tragic character.' I just loved him. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Character
Loved
Reading