Could I have worked under a system where there were Draconian controls on my creativity, meaning budget, time, script choices, etc.? Definitely not. I would have fared poorly under the old studio system that guys like Howard Hawks did so… — Michael Mann Copy Share Image
I don't story board. I do something else, which is, I block it. We then train to the blocking. In other words, when everybody's… — Michael Mann Copy Share Image
HBO is not an advertiser-based model, it's a subscription model. So what's significant to HBO is not necessarily the debut of an episode, it's… — Michael Mann Copy Share Image
I think it's easy for directors to stay fresh more than actors, especially once an actor becomes a star. It's hard for Russell Crowe… — Michael Mann Copy Share Image
Dillinger at one point was the second most popular man in America after President Roosevelt. And he was a national hero for a good… — Michael Mann Copy Share Image
There's a tired notion that the photojournalist has to be disengaged to be able to shoot what he shoots, and that's such a cliched… — Michael Mann Copy Share Image
A 65-ft.-wide screen and 500 people reacting to the movie, there is nothing like that experience. — Michael Mann Copy Share Image
Miami is one of these great places that is a really sensual, physically beautiful place. — Michael Mann Copy Share Image
Music is always key to me, whether it's 'Miami Vice' or not 'Miami Vice.' It's dictated by the story, about what Crockett and Tubbs… — Michael Mann Copy Share Image
Digital makes things feel more real, like you could reach out and touch them. — Michael Mann Copy Share Image
When you say that I can go and make a movie, I feel like I'm one of the most fortunate men. I feel myself… — Michael Mann Copy Share Image
What I try to do - I mean 'try,' because you don't get there all the time - is to have impact with content.… — Michael Mann Copy Share Image
There's people who live life authentically and there's people who live a life of fabrication. And it begins with the question of how you're… — Michael Mann Copy Share Image
