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
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
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
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 actorjobkey Change image and share on social
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 backdirectorweird Change image and share on social
Everybody wants to be known. Everybody's a Kardashian. Mike Nichols kardashian Change image and share on social
Fear of comedy is all so much about who you do it with. Mike Nichols comedyfear Change image and share on social
