Michael Mann

I don't story board. I do something else, which is, I block it. We then train to the blocking. In other words,…

— Michael Mann

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…

— Michael Mann

I think it's easy for directors to stay fresh more than actors, especially once an actor becomes a star. It's hard for…

— Michael Mann

Dillinger at one point was the second most popular man in America after President Roosevelt. And he was a national hero for…

— Michael Mann

There's a tired notion that the photojournalist has to be disengaged to be able to shoot what he shoots, and that's such…

— Michael Mann

A 65-ft.-wide screen and 500 people reacting to the movie, there is nothing like that experience.

— Michael Mann

Miami is one of these great places that is a really sensual, physically beautiful place.

— Michael Mann

Music is always key to me, whether it's 'Miami Vice' or not 'Miami Vice.' It's dictated by the story, about what Crockett…

— Michael Mann

Digital makes things feel more real, like you could reach out and touch them.

— Michael Mann

When you say that I can go and make a movie, I feel like I'm one of the most fortunate men. I…

— Michael Mann

What I try to do - I mean 'try,' because you don't get there all the time - is to have impact…

— Michael Mann

There's people who live life authentically and there's people who live a life of fabrication. And it begins with the question of…

— Michael Mann

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…

— Michael Mann

Everything we do on 'Luck' is absolutely no different than if we'd had been doing it in a feature film. There's no…

— Michael Mann

To just tell a story from beginning, middle and end doesn't motivate me that much.

— Michael Mann

Could I have worked under a system where there were Draconian controls on my creativity, meaning budget, time, script choices, etc.? Definitely…

— Michael Mann

Video looks like reality, it's more immediate, it has a verite surface to it. Film has this liquid kind of surface, feels…

— Michael Mann

Blu-ray and the technologies emerging around it are the premiere format for reproducing what we do as filmmakers. There's more space on…

— Michael Mann

Horses have really distinct personalities, and they're magical in many ways.

— Michael Mann

In 'The Insider,' I had violence - lethal, life-taking aggression - all happening psychologically, all with people talking to other people.

— Michael Mann

The best-kept secret about Don Johnson is the fact that he is a terrific actor.

— Michael Mann

I think the resolution involved in the high-def, Blu-ray image demands we pay attention to every detail to a level we've never…

— Michael Mann

I don't underestimate audiences' intelligence. Audiences are much brighter than media gives them credit for. When people went to a movie once…

— Michael Mann

By the time I was 21, I knew what I wanted to do, and that was to direct films.

— Michael Mann

I relate more to the fact that 80-inch plasma has just started to become ubiquitous and in people's homes the fairly decent…

— Michael Mann