It's not a film-maker's job to explain his technique, but to tell his story the best way he can. Mike Nichols explainfilmjob Change image and share on social
There are absolutely almost perfect people who experience no guilt; they don't know what it is. They simply do what they need to do - or want to do - next. They see nothing wrong with it. They feel no guilt. They express no guilt. And it's not even certain what harm they do. Mike Nichols absolutelyexperienceexpress share on social
I'm an enormous fan of 'The West Wing.' It was one of the very few shows I would watch every week. Mike Nichols enormousfanshow Change image and share on social
Directing is mystifying. It's a long, long, skid on an icy road, and you do the best you can trying to stay on the road... If you're still here when you come out of the spin, it's a relief. But you've got to have the terror if you're going to do anything worthwhile. Mike Nichols directhaveicy share on social
A play, after all, is a mystery. There's no narration. And as soon as there's no narration, it's open to interpretation. It must be interpreted. You don't have a choice... Each play can become many things. Mike Nichols choiceinterpretinterpretation share on social
My first memory in the world is my gym teacher ripping my mother's necklace off her neck and throwing it out the window and her running downstairs to go after it. I have no memory before that. I was 4. My father had a lot of girlfriends and my mother had a lot of boyfriends. Mike Nichols boyfrienddownstairsfather share on social
There's nothing better than discovering, to your own astonishment, what you're meant to do. It's like falling in love. Mike Nichols astonishmentdiscoverfall Change image and share on social
All movies are pure process. A commercial movie isn't less process than an art movie. You can't make your decisions about a film on the basis of, 'Is it important enough? Is it serious enough?' It's either alive or it's not for me. If it's alive, I want to do it. Mike Nichols aliveartbasis share on social
Being with an insanely jealous person is like being in the room with a dead mammoth. Mike Nichols deadinsanelyjealous Change image and share on social
I think that to make something alive, instead of on a page, is an honorable task. And it turns me on. Mike Nichols alivehonorablemake Change image and share on social