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

It's not a film-maker's job to explain his technique, but to tell his story the best way he can.

It's not a film-maker's job to explain his technique, but to tell his story the best way he can.

- Mike Nichols

The only safe thing is to take a chance.

The only safe thing is to take a chance.

- 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

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

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

Any good movie is filled with secrets.

Any good movie is filled with secrets.

- 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

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