Author: Mike Nichols

Quotes

I love to take actors to a place where they open a vein. That's the job. The key is that I make it safe for them to open the vein.

I love to take actors to a place where they open a vein. That's the job. The key is that I make it safe for them to open the vein.

- Mike Nichols

Most great plays of the past lose their grip on immediacy; on application to our lives right now.

Most great plays of the past lose their grip on immediacy; on application to our lives right now.

- Mike Nichols

The thing is, as a film director, you're essentially alone: You have to tell a story primarily through pictures, and only you know the film you see in your head.

The thing is, as a film director, you're essentially alone: You have to tell a story primarily through pictures, and only you know the film you see in your head.

- Mike Nichols

I asked a shrink: 'Everything is so great. Why am I still so angry?' He said, 'Anger doesn't go away.' I always thought it was kind of a good engine.

I asked a shrink: 'Everything is so great. Why am I still so angry?' He said, 'Anger doesn't go away.' I always thought it was kind of a good engine.

- Mike Nichols

The whole point about laughter is it's like mercury: you can't catch it, you can't catch what motivates it - that's why it's funny.

The whole point about laughter is it's like mercury: you can't catch it, you can't catch what motivates it - that's why it's funny.

- Mike Nichols

There's nothing better than discovering, to your own astonishment, what you're meant to do. It's like falling in love.

There's nothing better than discovering, to your own astonishment, what you're meant to do. It's like falling in love.

- Mike Nichols

The only safe thing is to take a chance.

The only safe thing is to take a chance.

- Mike Nichols

Plays, especially great plays, yield their secrets over a long period of time. You can't read it three times and say, 'OK, I got it. I know what's happening.'

Plays, especially great plays, yield their secrets over a long period of time. You can't read it three times and say, 'OK, I got it. I know what's happening.'

- Mike Nichols

Any good movie is filled with secrets.

Any good movie is filled with secrets.

- Mike Nichols

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