Top 84 Quotes by Mike Nichols

About Mike Nichols

These are some quotes by German author Mike Nichols Director, who lived between November 6, 1931 and November 19, 2014.

Clay Aiken is amazing beyond that glorious voice. Turns out he is an excellent comic actor and a master of character.

Clay Aiken is amazing beyond that glorious voice. Turns out he is an excellent comic actor and a master of character.

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

I think that to make something alive, instead of on a page, is an honorable task. And it turns me on.

I think that to make something alive, instead of on a page, is an honorable task. And it turns me on.

Mike Nichols

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

In a weird way, when I was looking back, I didn't know I was going to be a director until I was.

In a weird way, when I was looking back, I didn't know I was going to be a director until I was.

Mike Nichols

A great thing is happening on cable TV. You see characters change in stories over years, like in Tolstoy. That's a whole, thrilling new form that I really enjoy. They are Tolstoy-an in their endless character development and narrative changes... a show like 'Breaking Bad' is astonishing.

Mike Nichols

Any good movie is filled with secrets.

Any good movie is filled with secrets.

Mike Nichols

Everybody wants to be known. Everybody's a Kardashian.

Everybody wants to be known. Everybody's a Kardashian.

Mike Nichols

The only safe thing is to take a chance.

The only safe thing is to take a chance.

Mike Nichols

Nerves provide me with energy... It's when I don't have them, when I feel at ease, that's when I get worried.

Nerves provide me with energy... It's when I don't have them, when I feel at ease, that's when I get worried.

Mike Nichols

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