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When I was doing half-hour shows, I loved it and was preparing myself for the hour shows. Then when I did the hour shows, I was preparing myself for the specials and features.
If you had the opportunity and some talent, there was no way you couldn't progress, because it was an open market. There was the advertising world, and there was the documentary world.
It's developing a relationship with actors that makes it work.
It was 1978 when Superman came out, and I kept thinking, Why don't they do something about it? They've done all these crappy attempts at comic book film adaptations. What can we do different? Why don't we just re-release this thing?
People say, You paid your dues, but I never paid any dues. It's always been a great trip.
Working with Christopher, he convinced me he could fly, and he's convinced me he's going to walk again.
When you make a film, you like to run it with an audience. They tell you you're narrow-minded or subjective, or that seems too long, or that doesn't work.
I was very lucky. I started my own commercial company.
Superman was never previewed because the producers didn't trust Warners with the film.
I was tweaked by the idea of Superman immediately.
I was painting sets, working in editorial as an assistant, driving their trucks, lying that I knew how to drive a truck, and doing commercials and documentaries.
I've always wanted to do a Crichton book. I really love his writing.
I think what some people are doing with effects is starting to get silly. It's overused.
It was just the thrill of a lifetime. Brando and Hackman were two of my heroes.
I had life threats, because people accused me of approaching Brando as God and his son was Jesus. I literally had people saying my blood would run in the streets for doing that.
When when my first feature opportunity came along, I wasn't prepared, but we did it in about 17 days.
I realized what you could do in motion pictures by surrounding yourself with geniuses.
That's how you get a performance - they put trust in you.
