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" I really liked 'Walk The Line,' and I really liked 'Girl Interrupted,' and I really liked '3:10 To Yuma.' "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Line
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Girl
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" 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
" People would congratulate Dick for my movies. It bothered me for a long, long time. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Me
Bothered
Long
" 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
" I've been looking for an opportunity to break into the Chinese market due to its devoted and passionate audience and have found the perfect partner in Cristal Pictures. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Opportunity
Partner
Perfect
" It was a fear we had when we started 'Legion,' that there were too many comic-book series out there, and how do you stand out. Our mandate always is to make something different in feel and tone. You try to avoid someone thinking, 'Gee, I've seen this before.' "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Feel
You
Try
" The cinematic universe will not worry about 'Legion.' They will not worry about these TV worlds at all. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
About
Universe
Will
" 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 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
" The thing about Texas is that it's a little larger than life. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Texas
Little
Life
" We love 'X-Force.' It allows us to be a little grittier. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Little
Us
Love
" 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
" 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
" I've really tried to use the power of film to effect change. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Change
Tried
Power
" Don't take rejection personally. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Rejection
Personally
Take
" 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
" I wanted to tell people you can live a full life, even if you're not feeling well. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
You
Feeling
Life
" Not many people know 'Hellblazer.' "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Many
Know
People
" 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
" I'm dying to do a 'Gambit' movie with Channing Tatum. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Movie
Dying
" I've been very fortunate, but it also never occurred to me that I couldn't do something or that I couldn't ask if I could try something. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Something
Been
Ask
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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 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
" I personally have close ties to Marvel because of Kevin Feige, because Kevin worked for me. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Close
Me
Because
" In the past, I've been a workaholic. I'm trying not to be anymore. "
Lauren Shuler Donner
Past
Workaholic
In The Past
" 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