Michael Lehmann Quotes

I loved the movie 'Heathers' and the TV show 'Twin Peaks.'

People always say, 'Why don't you make more movies like 'Heathers'?' And I say, 'I've been trying for 20 years.'

I'm always so proud of everything I work on. I love seeing it.

My favourite movies are 'Jawbreaker' and 'Heathers.'

It was fun to play that surreal high school life [in Jawbreaker]. I was a huge fan of the movie Heathers. But I think at the time - you know, when the movie was released, it was a very limited release, and it didn't do very well at the box office. And I love the fact that it has found legs and that the audience has kept growing and growing over the years.

I loved everything about that movie [Jawbreaker]. The fashion, the friendship amongst all of us girls... it was great. We had a blast filming it, and it was really wonderful. It was a very special time.

My favorite - my very favorite movie, which I suppose is a bit of a guilty pleasure in that it's like, you know, every scene, you know, pushes every button, is 'True Romance' directed by Tony Scott with Patricia Arquette and Christian Slater, and it's a fantastic, fantastic film, very violent, very romantic.

I love acting and don't find it to be very hard. I recognize when I've nailed it, and I can be very proud of myself.

I wanted to be Beetlejuice. I watched nonstop 'Beetlejuice' and 'The Princess Bride' growing up.

I'm not giving up my history and what I've done in my music because I love it and I'm very proud of it. I just want to open it up for more people.

I'm incredibly proud of 'Life On Mars' and 'Doctor Who.' They're just a blast to do.

I would love to be in public one day and see someone reading my book. I think that would be so ridiculously cool.

I would love to do more movies. I'd like to get into some theater, too, if I could, just to learn more. I want to do gritty performances that I'm proud of. It doesn't matter to me if four people see it or millions of people see it, as long as I perform in such a way that people go, 'Wow!'

I'm really proud of 'Moneyball.' To me, it's about feeling pride in a movie I made. I think when I'm an old man I'll be able to show it to my grandkids with pride. That's all I can really go for: making movies to please me.

I still get enormous pleasure and a sense of fulfillment out of writing a book that I'm proud of. I see myself as a bit like a jewel-maker who can sit back and admire his work.

I don't care about the charts; I just want to make great music that I enjoy performing on stage and I'm proud of.

The work itself is what motivates me. I like my own stuff, you know? I like the way it looks. I do it to please myself first.

My main concern is getting out an album that I feel really proud of.

I'm an Oscar nominee. I love saying that. Whatever happens, I'm going to sing that 'I'm an Oscar nominee' part.

I think I'm prouder of 'The Victim' than anything else, just because, if nothing else, it doesn't look silly, it doesn't look stupid. It holds up. It's fun. A lot of people have enjoyed it, and I'm real happy about it.

In short, the satisfaction of creating, not necessarily the process, always lifts my heart.

I was quite happy with the way I went, I think.

I have no complaints about 'The Walk.' I made it, and I'm very happy with what happens.

I worshiped Judd Nelson in 'The Breakfast Club' growing up. I must've seen that movie 100 times.

I feel happy that I am being honoured for doing films of my own liking.