Steven Spielberg said that he wasn't worried about Michael "because you know more people than I do."
At Bill Clinton campaign event that Michael photographed, Barbra Streisand said, "I don't have to look at the photographs because I trust Michael to make a selection."
Texas Governor Ann Richards said Michael "was born with a silver camera in your hands."
Phil Stern, famous Hollywood photographer, said that Michael reminded him of himself and that he "never met another photographer who is in closer proximity to the stars."
Martha Bardach (Time Magazine, West Coast Photo Editor) said that Michael is an "anomaly" in the world of photojournalism - "the only one who has direct access to publications and not through an agency."