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Lauren Shuler Donner

Lauren Diane Shuler Donner (born June 23, 1949) is an American film producer, who specializes in mainstream youth and family-oriented entertainment. She owns The Donners' Company with her husband, director Richard Donner. Her films have grossed about $4.5 billion worldwide, mostly due to the X-Men film series.

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I think it's good to tell the fans "this movie's going to lead to that, and that will lead to. . . "

Fans, Good, Lead, Tell, Thinking

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.

Different, Like, Men, Muslim, Spectrum, Tolerance

I think the time has changed. Because of 9
11, because of the economy, it is more and more now. There is a darker awareness, although it would seem to reason that because life is so much tougher now people would seek entertainment to just totally escape.

Changed, Escape, People, Reason, Thinking, Times Have Changed

What we always want to say [in X-men] is, "It's OK to be yourself, and actually it's a gift to be yourself. Whatever it is that you have, that may be your gift. " I think that's what we always want to say, and spread it out, so have tolerance for other people who are different also.

Being Yourself, Different, Gift, Men, People, Thinking

The best writers are gravitating to that world. What's rewarding also is this: you have a two hour movie, you can't really delve into character that much. In a TV show you can. You can delve into character. You can get into nitty gritty.

Character, Gritty, Movie, Tv Shows, Two, World

[Noah Hawley] just a fantastic writer. It's always about the script, it's always about the book; it always is. If it ain't on the page, it ain't on the stage. That's what attracted me to him first and foremost.

Book, Foremost, Noah, Page, Pages, Scripts

In the Marvel world, some characters have similar powers. Initially some people might bump up against it, but if they really looked into the X-Men world they would see that characters do share similar powers.

Character, Men, People, Share, Similar, World

At a certain point people want to see other movies besides comic book movies so you have to be really careful what you're going to pick, and how many are going to be released within a year.

Book, Certain, Comic, People, See, Years

There is no one who can move and mime and clown like Bill [Irwin]. And Aubrey Plaza, she gets to embody all these different characters. That's what's exciting about this show [X-men], is the unusual casting.

Aubrey, Character, Characters, Irwin, Men, Moving

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

Character, Characters, Focus, Television, Thrill

There's 54 years of X-Men comics by now, so there are a lot of characters to explore.

Character, Comics, Explore, Men, Years

With Legion, we're our own universe. It gives Noah [Hawley] the freedom to do what he wants to do. Because we play with so many different timelines, and we rebooted and not really rebooted and all that, we felt like, OK, we're going to throw it out there and hope the fans accept it.

Accept, Fans, Felt, Giving, Play, Rebooted

I find myself watching cable and television much more than going to the movies.

Cable, Cables, Movies, Television, Watching

What I'm always afraid of is going "off-book,I always get upset when the director leaves the classic comic that was so very popular. I argued, and I won't say with who about what, but when we go way away from the original source material. . . that material is popular for a reason and I like to stick with it.

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