Michael Lehmann
Michael Lehmann
Michael Stephen Lehmannis an American film and television director...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth30 March 1957
CountryUnited States of America
played sundance
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.
hard
I can't tell you how hard it is to make a dark-humored movie in Hollywood.
amazing deal good great objective stocks
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.
operate pressures
I just can't operate with any direct awareness of the pressures I might be under.
jokes unless
I think you make better jokes when you don't break logic for the joke, unless you make a movie just about jokes.
specific time took
A movie as specific as 'Heathers,' which took place in a specific time and specific place and in which many of the characters got killed off, I never thought it made sense to see a sequel.
heads
I really like getting inside the heads of female characters. I think I can do that well, and I enjoy it.
anybody based funny movies passionate stylistic vision
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.
arty
In the past, my aspirations were as arty as they could get, and I'm really embarrassed by it.
boy female fun good movies strong women
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.
movies people trying
People always say, 'Why don't you make more movies like 'Heathers'?' And I say, 'I've been trying for 20 years.'
macho movies
I'm not a macho guy. I'm very soft-spoken on the set. But I'm not really intimidated by the process of making movies.
favor good included people satirical sequel somebody territory
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.
discuss ebay encouraged meaning search shopping spend time
Not just do they look like they could be sisters, but they feel like they could be sisters. We've encouraged them to spend time together. Most of the time, I think they search on eBay and do shopping and discuss things that have no meaning to me whatsoever.