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" 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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

Lauren Shuler Donner

Men

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" 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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Not many people know 'Hellblazer.' "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" I personally have close ties to Marvel because of Kevin Feige, because Kevin worked for me. "

Lauren Shuler Donner

Because

" 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. "

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

Lauren Shuler Donner

Bothered

Long

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

Lauren Shuler Donner

Get

Focus

" 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.' "