The thing is, as a film director, you're essentially alone: You have to tell a story primarily through pictures, and only you… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
As a director, my job is, and always has been, divided into a number of things: dealing with the crew, the money… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
It's not a film-maker's job to explain his technique, but to tell his story the best way he can. — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
All movies are pure process. A commercial movie isn't less process than an art movie. You can't make your decisions about a… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
I think a director can make a play happen before your eyes so that you are part of it and it is… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
Stand-up comedy is a very hard thing on the spirit. There are people who transcend it, like Jack Benny and Steve Martin, but in… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
It's the hardest thing on earth to like yourself, and then when you do, it's a catastrophe. I mean, the people I know who… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
I used to say that winning the Oscar means being back at the Beverly Hills Hotel at 1 A.M. feeling empty. It's the industry… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
I'm an enormous fan of 'The West Wing.' It was one of the very few shows I would watch every week. — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
I don't expect anything from reviews. Sometimes I am bemused by them. — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
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… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
Whether something is a success or not has never had much to do with what you do next. — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
The reason that most British actors are better than most American actors in the end is that they don't make any money. At the… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
If you lose a parent, it never goes away. As a kid, I dreamed about my father coming back for 15 or 20 years.… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
Nerves provide me with energy... It's when I don't have them, when I feel at ease, that I get worried. — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
