Will we allow the decline of our language-the language of Shakespeare, Shaw and Steinbeck? Will we abuse our precious gift of communication? Will we bite our mother tongue with the teeth of indifference, crushing the taste buds of clarity and, without prompt application of the antiseptic of education, causing the gangrene of strained metaphors? Stand up, America, and let me hear your answer: Ain't no way, dude!
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
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
The only safe thing in filmmaking is to take a chance. - Mike Nichols
The only safe thing in filmmaking is to take a chance.
A movie is like a person. Either you trust it or you don't. - Mike Nichols
A movie is like a person. Either you trust it or you don't.
The only safe thing is to take a chance. Play safe and you are dead. Taking risks is the essence of good work, and the difference between safe and bo… - Mike Nichols
The only safe thing is to take a chance. Play safe and you are dead. Taking risks is the essence of good work, and the difference between safe and bo…
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 … - Mike Nichols
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 …
There's nothing in the American dream about character. It's a serious flaw. - Mike Nichols
There's nothing in the American dream about character. It's a serious flaw.
The unconscious is our best collaborator. - Mike Nichols
The unconscious is our best collaborator.
I love the editing process of making movies. I just wish that life had one. - Mike Nichols
I love the editing process of making movies. I just wish that life had one.
No doubt you are as alarmed as I by the tragic decline in America's language skills. If 10 people read the following sentence: Two tanker trucks has … - Mike Nichols
No doubt you are as alarmed as I by the tragic decline in America's language skills. If 10 people read the following sentence: Two tanker trucks has …
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