We bring our preparation to the table, and opportunity may present itself, and if you are well prepared, you can seize opportunity and then maybe something good happens, and you call that luck. — 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
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
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
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
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
A 65-ft.-wide screen and 500 people reacting to the movie, there is nothing like that experience. — Michael Mann Copy Share
Miami is one of these great places that is a really sensual, physically beautiful place. — Michael Mann Copy Share
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
Digital makes things feel more real, like you could reach out and touch them. — Michael Mann Copy Share
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
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
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
I see the world from the perspective of a 5'8" person, not someone who is 6'4". so naturally, I'm going to choose certain lens… — Michael Mann Copy Share
Everything we do on 'Luck' is absolutely no different than if we'd had been doing it in a feature film. There's no short cuts.… — Michael Mann Copy Share
To just tell a story from beginning, middle and end doesn't motivate me that much. — Michael Mann Copy Share
