--- title: "13 Movie Quotes By Mike Nichols" description: "13 Movie quotes by Mike Nichols. Plus more from Mike Nichols and more Movie sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/535/mike-nichols-6630_film_a-movie-is-like-a-person-either-you-trus_1364914.png" --- > [A movie is like a person. Either you trust it or you don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/a-movie-is-like-a-person-either-you-trust-it-or-you-don-t/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/535/mike-nichols-6630_film_a-movie-is-like-a-person-either-you-trus_1364914.png) > [Any good movie is filled with secrets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/any-good-movie-is-filled-with-secrets/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81e/mike-nichols-6630_filled_any-good-movie-is-filled-with-secrets-14_1440262.png) > [I love the editing process of making movies. I just wish that life had one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/i-love-the-editing-process-of-making-movies-i-just-wish-that-life-had/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/157/mike-nichols-6630_editing_i-love-the-editing-process-of-making-mov_899639.png) > [I was just trying to make a nice little movie... It wasn't until I saw it all put together that I realized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/i-was-just-trying-to-make-a-nice-little-movie-it-wasn-t-until-i-saw/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fa/mike-nichols-6630_film_i-was-just-trying-to-make-a-nice-little_868215.png) > [The reason you do this stuff - comedy, plays, movies - is to be seized by something, to disappear in the service…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/the-reason-you-do-this-stuff-comedy-plays-movies-is-to-be-seized-by/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/257/mike-nichols-6630_comedy_the-reason-you-do-this-stuff-comedy-play_2197357.png) > [It's very weird about movies: you never know which ones are going to stay alive and which one are going to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/it-s-very-weird-about-movies-you-never-know-which-ones-are-going-to/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd6/mike-nichols-6630_about_it-s-very-weird-about-movies-you-never-k_1625670.jpg) > [As a little kid in a sometimes hard place, I went to the movies as often as I could. Movies - making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/as-a-little-kid-in-a-sometimes-hard-place-i-went-to-the-movies-as/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f19/mike-nichols-6630_could_as-a-little-kid-in-a-sometimes-hard-plac_782258.jpg) > [The greatest thrill is that moment when a thousand people are sitting in the dark, looking at the same scene, and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/the-greatest-thrill-is-that-moment-when-a-thousand-people-are-sitting/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86c/mike-nichols-6630_adventure_the-greatest-thrill-is-that-moment-when_2436960.jpg) > [All movies are pure process. A commercial movie isn't less process than an art movie. You can't make your decisions about a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/all-movies-are-pure-process-a-commercial-movie-isn-t-less-process/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/mike-nichols-6630_about_all-movies-are-pure-process-a-commercial_2478989.jpg) > [Technically, maybe I learned most of all from George Stevens, and among his movies I learned the most from 'A Place in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/technically-maybe-i-learned-most-of-all-from-george-stevens-and-among/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bc/mike-nichols-6630_among_technically-maybe-i-learned-most-of-all_548464.png) > [In making movies, time is so short-because it is so expensive-that we tend to neglect the place from which the best ideas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/in-making-movies-time-is-so-short-because-it-is-so-expensive-that-we/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/mike-nichols-6630_collaborators_in-making-movies-time-is-so-short-becaus_640927.png) > [The reason that most British actors are better than most American actors in the end is that they don't make any money.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/the-reason-that-most-british-actors-are-better-than-most-american/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/mike-nichols-6630_accounts_the-reason-that-most-british-actors-are_381323.jpg) > [You could say that it's in talking movies that inner life begins to appear. You can see things happen to the faces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/you-could-say-that-it-s-in-talking-movies-that-inner-life-begins-to/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/036/mike-nichols-6630_appear_you-could-say-that-it-s-in-talking-movie_1966320.png) ## Other authors on Movie - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-amit-kalantri-279.jpg) Amit Kalantri 90 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/movie/amit-kalantri/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-roger-ebert-80683.jpg) Roger Ebert 68 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/movie/roger-ebert/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-steven-spielberg-87547.jpg) Steven Spielberg 67 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/movie/steven-spielberg/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-quentin-tarantino-76495.jpg) Quentin Tarantino 65 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/movie/quentin-tarantino/) - [Ti West 56 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/movie/ti-west/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jason-blum-47475.jpg) Jason Blum 51 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/movie/jason-blum/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-guillermo-del-toro-39624.jpg) Guillermo del Toro 42 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/movie/guillermo-del-toro/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-waters-52475.jpg) John Waters 39 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/movie/john-waters/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-lucas-37823.jpg) George Lucas 39 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/movie/george-lucas/) - [Gaspar Noe 39 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/movie/gaspar-noe/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-christopher-walken-24017.jpg) Christopher Walken 37 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/movie/christopher-walken/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-peter-jackson-74887.jpg) Peter Jackson 36 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/movie/peter-jackson/) ## More by Mike Nichols > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/stand-up-comedy-is-a-very-hard-thing-on-the-spirit-there-are-people/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/it-s-the-hardest-thing-on-earth-to-like-yourself-and-then-when-you-do/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/i-used-to-say-that-winning-the-oscar-means-being-back-at-the-beverly/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) > [I'm an enormous fan of 'The West Wing.' It was one of the very few shows I would watch every week.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/i-m-an-enormous-fan-of-the-west-wing-it-was-one-of-the-very-few-shows/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) > [The only safe thing in filmmaking is to take a chance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/the-only-safe-thing-in-filmmaking-is-to-take-a-chance/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) > [I don't expect anything from reviews. Sometimes I am bemused by them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/i-don-t-expect-anything-from-reviews-sometimes-i-am-bemused-by-them/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/my-first-memory-in-the-world-is-my-gym-teacher-ripping-my-mother-s/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) > [Whether something is a success or not has never had much to do with what you do next.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/whether-something-is-a-success-or-not-has-never-had-much-to-do-with/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/the-reason-that-most-british-actors-are-better-than-most-american/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) > [Fear of comedy is all so much about who you do it with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/fear-of-comedy-is-all-so-much-about-who-you-do-it-with/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) > [If you lose a parent, it never goes away. As a kid, I dreamed about my father coming back for 15 or 20 years.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/if-you-lose-a-parent-it-never-goes-away-as-a-kid-i-dreamed-about-my/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) > [Nerves provide me with energy... It's when I don't have them, when I feel at ease, that I get worried.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/nerves-provide-me-with-energy-it-s-when-i-don-t-have-them-when-i-feel/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) > [Technically, maybe I learned most of all from George Stevens, and among his movies I learned the most from 'A Place in the Sun.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/technically-maybe-i-learned-most-of-all-from-george-stevens-and-among/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) > [Jewish introspection and Jewish humor is a way of surviving . . . if you're not handsome and you're not athletic and you're not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/jewish-introspection-and-jewish-humor-is-a-way-of-surviving-if-you-re/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) > ['Streetcar' is no longer about the moment at all. There is no Blanche DuBois anywhere; south, north, east or west. We don't have Blanche…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/streetcar-is-no-longer-about-the-moment-at-all-there-is-no-blanche/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/movie/mike-nichols/#itemlist", "name": "13 Movie Quotes By Mike Nichols", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A movie is like a person. 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