Michael Mann
Michael Mann
Michael Kenneth Mannis an American film director, screenwriter, and producer...
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth5 February 1943
CityChicago, IL
beyond bring mean moments people time trying
What I try to do - I mean 'try,' because you don't get there all the time - is to have impact with content. It's those moments in which you're trying to bring people beyond filmed theater. If I have an ambition, it's that.
adapt countries forward leave measures member national states
We don't know how many countries are going to put forward measures and we don't know how much those measures will cost. We didn't want to be too prescriptive, we wanted to leave it to the member states to adapt the measures to the national situation.
distinct horses magical
Horses have really distinct personalities, and they're magical in many ways.
change
I like change. I don't like being in the same room for too long.
horse racing
I own a horse and ride, but I don't know racing or betting.
aggression people
In 'The Insider,' I had violence - lethal, life-taking aggression - all happening psychologically, all with people talking to other people.
decent fairly homes relate screen system ubiquitous
I relate more to the fact that 80-inch plasma has just started to become ubiquitous and in people's homes the fairly decent 5.1 sound system and the big screen isn't that out of reach.
knew time
By the time I was 21, I knew what I wanted to do, and that was to direct films.
bought horses named realized ride stable
I realized horses have personality when I bought one and I had one, who's now out to pasture, a horse named Drifter. Before that, I was a city boy. Horses, I used to go out to the LaBagh Woods and ride at a stable once every two years or something; no idea about horses. Dogs, I knew, had personalities, but not horses.
community hear plan reflect wants
And the more input, the more we hear from people, the better the plan is going to be and the better it's going to reflect what the community wants and what it can handle.
terrific
The best-kept secret about Don Johnson is the fact that he is a terrific actor.
aiming nonsense reasonable sensible
That's nonsense -- we are not favoring anybody. We are aiming for the most reasonable and sensible system.
afflicted america four good man national people point popular president robbing second
Dillinger at one point was the second most popular man in America after President Roosevelt. And he was a national hero for a good reason. He was robbing the very institutions, the banks, which had afflicted the people for four years, and after four years nothing was getting any better.
Digital makes things feel more real, like you could reach out and touch them.