Yes. The whole point about laughter is it's like mercury: you can't catch it, you can't catch what motivates it - that's why it's funny.
The only safe thing in filmmaking is to take a chance. - Mike Nichols
The only safe thing in filmmaking is to take a chance.
- 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
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.
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 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…
The unconscious is our best collaborator. - Mike Nichols
The unconscious is our best collaborator.
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 …
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.
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.
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