David Zucker
David Zucker
David S. Zuckeris an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Associated mostly with parody comedies, Zucker is mostly recognized as the director and writer of the critically successful 1980 film Airplane! as well as being the creator of the The Naked Gun franchise...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth16 October 1947
CountryUnited States of America
watches onions directors
We're producing a movie now, 'The Onion' Movie, and it's very difficult for me to be on the set. If I'm not right in the trenches, it's very difficult for me to watch another director, because I'm not involved and it's not exciting.
fun happier people seeing strong thrilled
I'm thrilled that people had as much fun seeing the movie as we did making it. I couldn't be happier about this very strong opening.
anna cracks double funny knows stunt
Anna never cracks up. She knows that if I need her to take that baseball, she'll do it. You can't get a stunt double. It wouldn't be funny to have a stunt double from behind.
studio throw
The studio just wanted us to throw in something as a tease. I didn't object.
business smart thinking
I think up until the point when we started in the business, which was in the early 70s, most of the humor was political. The smart humor was political satire.
business real father
Our fathers were actually business partners in the same real-estate firm, and we got together and thought, How can we get a movie together and get distribution and create a new movie genre? We started by making satires of commercials.
airplane thinking guy
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.
depressing believe thinking
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.
stupid guy dumb
I've always thought those guys are really funny. And I love Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin and Mary.
thinking guy trying
It's useless to try and make rhyme or reason of it, because one guy thinks one thing and the other guy sees a whole other thing. So I try not to take them too seriously. Lately I have them screened so I only read the positive ones.
thinking hands years
Tim Burton is underrated. I loved Big Fish, loved that movie, think it's the best movie of the year, hands down. Really impressed with that.
thinking big-fish done
Woody Allen has done some excellent serious movies, too, like Crimes And Misdemeanors. Very overlooked movie, I think, and really his best. And currently I like Big Fish!
release-date dating important
We didn't realize it at the time, but the release date, the ad campaign and the poster are so important.
people good-movie marketing
It didn't happen every time for every movie. Ruthless People was a good movie, but we didn't get a good release or marketing. They completely blew the opening.