Michael Lehmann Movies Quotations

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

I've made movies that are real boy movies - but I've had so much fun over the years working with women and getting good performances with women and with strong female characters.

It's funny: as a director, there are movies you make because you're passionate about getting your vision across, and you know that you're vision is different than anybody else. In those cases, you take the plunge, and it works, or it doesn't. You make the stylistic choices based on how you feel about the material.

I've done movies that have mostly feminine characters and elements, and I think that both 'Heathers' and 'Truth About Cats and Dogs' are, in their own weird ways - they're different ends of the girl movie spectrum, but they're very much centered around the female characters, and I like those movies, and I like working with good actresses.

I'm not a macho guy. I'm very soft-spoken on the set. But I'm not really intimidated by the process of making movies.