Top 22 Quotes & Sayings by Michael De Luca

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American producer Michael De Luca.

Last updated on April 14, 2025.

Michael De Luca is an American film studio executive, film producer and screenwriter. The former president of production at both New Line Cinema and DreamWorks, De Luca has been nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Picture. De Luca is also the chairman of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Motion Picture Group.

American - Producer | Born: August 13, 1965

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I was a bookish kid, not really athletic.

Michael De Luca

I learned in a very public setting what works and doesn't work for a healthy lifestyle.

Michael De Luca

The movies were so healing for me because I had such an isolated, lonely childhood. Going to the movies and having the lights go down, you disappear. If you have esteem issues, suddenly you're in a void where nobody can see you. You are just by yourself in that darkness, and your loneliness is cured.

Michael De Luca

I saw all those great '70s films when I was 9, and no one in my Brooklyn neighborhood cared if a kid watched an R movie.

Michael De Luca

I remember going to see those Adrian Lyne films when I was going to see movies in the nineties, and I was jealous he wasn't working at New Line.

Michael De Luca

I was a huge 'Sopranos' fan, obviously.

Michael De Luca

Nothing is more exciting than being around new talent when it emerges.

Michael De Luca

Studios are an assembly line. They can be a very good assembly line. As a producer, you concentrate on one project at a time. As an executive, you're in charge of a slate.

Michael De Luca

I love being on set.

Michael De Luca

I don't sweat the Internet. You know, it's still something I enjoy as a movie geek myself to get on and, like, look at all the websites; however, when it comes to marketing a movie, the Internet is still not the thing that gets people to the theatre.

Michael De Luca

I've never thought intelligence was age-related.

Michael De Luca

Because of my New Line upbringing, half my heart goes to scrappy independents, and half goes to mainstream, down-the-middle pop culture events. And even with those, to try to keep something fresh and original with them and try to do things that the majors miss.

Michael De Luca

My mom was very affectionate but also very loud. My whole house was very loud. My father screamed, my mother screamed - everybody screamed.

Michael De Luca

Any time you can be with like-minded people, laughing or crying over the same joke or the same scene... For me, it's therapeutic. You just feel a little less alone on the planet.

Michael De Luca

'Social Network' is a good story with human experience connective tissue that makes it ageless.

Michael De Luca

'Chronicle' could have been a video-game movie. The original 'RoboCop' and the remake could have come from video games.

Michael De Luca

The thing I can't remember is, what came first? Us or the book?

Michael De Luca

Any time you can be with like-minded people, laughing or crying over the same joke or the same scene... For me it's therapeutic. You just feel a little less alone on the planet.

Michael De Luca

I started to get grossed out by the armpits.

Michael De Luca