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Lauren Shuler Donner
American
Producer
Born:
Jun 23
,
1949
Been
First
Love
Me
People
You
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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
Love
Memory
Ways
Complex
Characters
Invaded
Unrequited
Unrequited Love
He
Particularly
Attracted
Because
Comics
Wolverine
His
Tragic
Grey
Body
Jean
Many
Damaged
The thrill of doing television versus features is, in television, you get to focus more on the characters.
Lauren Shuler Donner
You
Focus
Television
Characters
Thrill
More
Features
Doing
Versus
Get
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
Love
You
Those
Characters
Bad
Obsessed
Blinders
Same
Breaking
Breaking Bad
Them
Root
Awful
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
Minority
Suppressed
Big
Tolerance
Way
Those
Muslim
Outsider
Outsiders
Feel
Like
Go
Any
Different
Big Way
Whether
Thematic
Us
Who
Whole
Even
Marginalized
Shy
Spectrum
Core
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
Me
Business
Cancer
Feelings
Changed
Tell
Would
Had
No-One
Nobody
Also
Course
Felt
Hire
Years
Personal
Afraid
Anyone
Many
Now
Deeply
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
Day
Business
Every Day
People
Matter
Some People
Every
Some
Born
Ruthless
Feel
How
Movies
Fortunate
Hard
Don't take rejection personally.
Lauren Shuler Donner
Rejection
Take
Personally
People would congratulate Dick for my movies. It bothered me for a long, long time.
Lauren Shuler Donner
Time
Me
People
Long
Long Time
Would
Bothered
Movies
Congratulate
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
Free
Out
Easy
Constraints
Dave
Studio
Most
Message
Within
Got
Proud
Am
Accomplishment
Which
Moviemaking
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
Woman
Tough
Year
Doors
Way
East
Out
Stayed
Angeles
About
About A Year
Had
Knocking
Make
Sort
Blinders
How
Los
Came
Los Angeles
Been
Up
Trying
Did
Graduated
Just
After
Anyway
Hollywood
Then
Working
Things
Started
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
Me
Try
Something
Could
Never
Also
Occurred
Been
Very
Ask
If I Could
Fortunate
I wanted to tell people you can live a full life, even if you're not feeling well.
Lauren Shuler Donner
Life
You
People
Feeling
Live
Tell
Well
Wanted
Full
Full Life
Even
Not many people know 'Hellblazer.'
Lauren Shuler Donner
People
Know
Many
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
Somebody
Believe
Characters
How
Truly
Movie
Them
Root
Ground
I personally have close ties to Marvel because of Kevin Feige, because Kevin worked for me.
Lauren Shuler Donner
Me
Marvel
Ties
Because
Close
Personally
Worked
Kevin
The thing about Texas is that it's a little larger than life.
Lauren Shuler Donner
Life
About
Texas
Than
Little
Larger
Thing
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
Love
Great
You
Book
Seen
Say
About
Come
Read
Understand
Comic
Comic Book
Legion
Movie
Your
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
Single
Every
Fatigue
Never
Since
Involved
Make
Been
Mandate
Different
Movie
Movies
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
Out
Angeles
Boston
Outside
Cleveland
Los
Came
Los Angeles
Up
Ohio
Grew
Then
Film
University
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
First
Directed
Dixie
Wrote
Schumacher
Amateur
Movie
Bar
Grill
Produced
Night
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