Comedy is brutal. It's powerful, though. Mike Nichols brutalcomedypowerful 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
I am drawn to the mystery of marriage. You can never know what the contract is between two people, and that is a very strong subject. I think it may be my subject. Mike Nichols contractdrawmarriage Change image and share on social
You could say that it's in talking movies that inner life begins to appear. You can see things happen to the faces of people that were neither planned nor rehearsed. Mike Nichols beginfacehappen Change image and share on social
Chicago is not a very fashion-driven place. Nobody says, 'Oh, you've got to come see these fabulous people!' Nobody cares. Mike Nichols carechicagodrive Change image and share on social
It's very, very corrupting to the spirit, doing comedy. And you have to be almost a saint, like Jack Benny was, like Steve Martin is, to avoid the corrupting of it, because there's very little work where the actual work and the reward are simultaneous, and comedy is that. Mike Nichols actualavoidbenny share on social
Most great plays of the past lose their grip on immediacy; on application to our lives right now. Mike Nichols applicationgreatgrip Change image and share on social
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 greathappenlong Change image and share on social
We are being entertained all the time - in the bathroom, on the train, in our beds. Sure, there is a smaller audience for theater. But we know from radio that entertainment never goes away, it just changes. And more power to it. Mike Nichols audiencebathroombed share on social
The degree to which you're peculiar and different is the degree to which you must learn to hear people thinking. Just in self-defense you have to learn, where is their kindness? Where is their danger? Where is their generosity? Mike Nichols dangerdefensedegree share on social
