Michael Lehmann
Michael Lehmann
Michael Stephen Lehmannis an American film and television director...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth30 March 1957
CountryUnited States of America
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When I started 'Hudson Hawk,' I realized I was dealing with a strong-willed producer, a strong-willed actor, and, at times, a strong-willed studio, and I was the junior partner in all of this - the guy who hadn't proven anything in terms of box-office success.
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I've made movies that are real boy movies - but I've had so much fun over the years working with women and getting good performances with women and with strong female characters.
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I can't make a choice to do a movie because people will go see it. People look at what a movie becomes and decide if they'll see it.
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My first movie, 'Heathers,' had played at the festival, so I had a little bit of a Sundance connection, but I didn't really know about the Labs.
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One objective of the Dow is to have a great deal of breadth. It's amazing for 30 stocks that it does such a good job.
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I'm all in favor of people - myself included - going into the same territory if there's something that can be done with it. But if somebody says, 'Make a sequel to 'Heathers',' I feel like, no, someone should make a good movie that's a dark, satirical comedy that has that sensibility.
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I've done movies that have mostly feminine characters and elements, and I think that both 'Heathers' and 'Truth About Cats and Dogs' are, in their own weird ways - they're different ends of the girl movie spectrum, but they're very much centered around the female characters, and I like those movies, and I like working with good actresses.
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It's funny: as a director, there are movies you make because you're passionate about getting your vision across, and you know that you're vision is different than anybody else. In those cases, you take the plunge, and it works, or it doesn't. You make the stylistic choices based on how you feel about the material.
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Whether the Dow is at 11,000, 12,000, 25,000 -- the simple truth is that those companies are chosen to be a part of the Dow for a reason. It's amazing for 30 stocks that it does such a good job.
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You want the actor to be happy with the movie. You really want the actor to think they did a good job and all that.
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I think you make better jokes when you don't break logic for the joke, unless you make a movie just about jokes.
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People always say, 'Why don't you make more movies like 'Heathers'?' And I say, 'I've been trying for 20 years.'
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It isn't as if there's no manufacturing left in the U.S. economy or the Dow Jones industrial average. As much as the Information Age has changed the U.S. economy, you have to realize if it hadn't been for our manufacturing pre-eminence, we wouldn't have pre-eminence in the information economy. It derives directly from the U.S. lead in computers, which goes back to our manufacturing base. I don't think manufacturing is finished by any means.
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I really like getting inside the heads of female characters. I think I can do that well, and I enjoy it.