David S. Zucker Quotes

• I think that came out of watching all those serious movies for all that time. If you watch a movie like Zero Hour, Sterling Hayden is pretty funny, and so are the guys in the cockpit.

  David S. Zucker

  Topics in Movies

  Tags in Time, Think, Like, Watching

• I think once we started directing separately – we each have different kinds of interests now, and the kinds of movies we want to do. I wouldn’t hold your breath for that one.

  David S. Zucker

  Topics in Movies

  Tags in Think, Interests

• I lose tons of stuff on the cutting room floor. For Scary Movie 3, for example, we had a lot of Matrix spoofs, a Hulk scene, and some of that stuff just doesn’t hold up – it’s too much plot, audiences just didn’t want to hear about it.

  David S. Zucker

  Topics in Movies

  Tags in Audience

• I don’t think there has been any increase in sophistication in the audience. When people are aware of a concept that’s easy to understand, and there’s an actor who will attract them to the theater and it’s a movie that’s funny three-quarters of the time, it will be successful.

  David S. Zucker

  Topics in Success

  Tags in Movie

• I don’t take reviews very seriously, but in their totality I think they are representative of how the audience feels, and of what their reaction is. There’s always one guy who doesn’t get it.

  David S. Zucker

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Think, Representative

• I don’t really know a lot of famous people. I’ve met a lot of famous people. If I ran into Tom Hanks today, I would have to remind him who I was and he would then remember me. But he wouldn’t come up to me and say, “Hi Dave!”

  David S. Zucker

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Famous

• I don’t know if I’d want to do that anymore, because you always get bigger laughs on college campuses. So, when the film plays in front of a city audience, you’ve probably cut too loosely.

  David S. Zucker

  Topics in College

  Tags in Play

• I believe in justice, maybe not in this life, but there has to be justice. And if there isn’t a God, I think it would be very depressing. I’d prefer to believe there is.

  David S. Zucker

  Topics in God, Life

  Tags in Think, Believe

• Everything about it worked, and I don’t mean just the movie, but in our experience, we realized there’s also a component of luck involved in this business. We had absolutely the most competent people in the studio working on the release and ad campaign.

  David S. Zucker

  Topics in Business, Work

• Chevy Chase and Bill Murray – we thought those guys were funny. We love Bill Murray, but we didn’t think they were right for Airplane! because it would step on the joke if there was a known comedian.

  David S. Zucker

  Topics in Funny, Love

  Tags in Think

David S. Zucker (30)

Birth:	16th October, 1947
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter

About

David S. Zucker is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Zucker was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Charlotte and Burton Zucker, who was a real estate developer. He graduated from Shorewood High School. Zucker is married to Dr. Danielle Zucker, with whom he has two children, Charles and Sarah. His younger brother, Jerry, is his filmmaking partner. The Zucker brothers have a sister, Susan Breslau.

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