Michael Lehmann Quotes

I love 'Heathers,' and I loved doing that movie. I'm very proud of it, so if it gets brought up, I'm happy.

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

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

When you do a film as unique and original as 'Napoleon Dynamite,' it's hard then try to repeat what audiences loved the first time.

I still think that, uh, the original draft from 'The Room' was brilliant in its own way. It made me laugh, which is - which is a good thing. It got a reaction.

'Fargo' definitely makes it into my top three favorite films of all time; I have a serious obsession with the Coen brothers.

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.

There were many, many other 'Django' films following mine, with other actors and directors, but there is only one 'Django.'

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.

'The Princess Bride' is by far the most popular film I've ever done. I don't think I'll ever top it.

From an art perspective, I don't know how you get better than 'Beetlejuice.' In terms of originality and a look, it's 100% unique.

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.

I remember, when I saw the first 'Austin Powers' movie, I was blown away by how fun and original it was.

Yeah, even a black comedy. Where it's a little eerie. I'd love to do that. But there are about three really fabulous ones on the air now and I don't know if I can do any better than that. I'd like to sort of forge new ground.

I like the George Romero films, which were really great, social satire movies; really twisted.

Stanley Kubrick went with his gut feeling: he directed 'Dr. Strangelove' as a black comedy. The film is routinely described as a masterpiece.

I love John Waters. There's stuff in it that's beyond the boundaries of my taste, but his movies have always been like that.

Ease is the enemy of the artist. When things get too easy, you're in trouble.

'Sweet Valley High' is fantastic, fabulous, a little bit campy, and - dare I say it - cinematic.

I failed to fulfill what should have been an interesting role. I couldn't take their formula and bring what I had, my humor, my ideas, and make it my own.

People do still mention 'Clueless' to me. I'm proud and happy that I was in it.

I thought 'Lock Stock' was a good film. I thought 'Lock Stock' was a good film because I think it was a one-off before it was imitated a hundred times.

I recently saw HBO's 'Getting On,' and I was like, 'That's awesome.' I love that tone. It's a great show.

Honestly, if it wasn't for 'Beetlejuice,' where would I be? That movie was a big thing for me.

I liked 'Repo Man.' Satire.