“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.” IfsMenWayFeelsDifferentWholeBigsCoreToleranceMinoritiesShyOutsidersSpectrumX MenMarginalizedThematic Author:Lauren Shuler Donner
“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.” PeopleThinkingMenWantMayDifferentSpreadToleranceBeing YourselfX Men Author:Lauren Shuler Donner
“Matt's [Nix] is much more a part of just the world in terms of there are mutants, mutants are hated and there are Sentinels - though very different from what we've seen before. You feel like you're here in the X-Men world.” MenWorldFeelsDifferentTermLike YouHatedX MenMutantsSentinels Author:Lauren Shuler Donner
“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.” WantGivingDifferentPlayUniverseFeltAcceptingFansLegionTimelines Author:Lauren Shuler Donner
“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.” MenDifferentCharacterShowsMovingExcitingBillsUnusualCastingClownX MenDifferent CharactersMime Author:Lauren Shuler Donner
