Best Mike Nichols Quotes
- Most great plays of the past lose their grip on immediacy; on application to our lives right now. Application
- Whether something is a success or not has never had much to do with what you do next. Much
- People, by and large, would rather be talking than listening. Large
- 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… Contract
- As a director, my job is, and always has been, divided into a number of things: dealing with the crew, the money and the studio,… All
- For a director, a musical is a special kind of hell. Director
- Fear of comedy is all so much about who you do it with. All
- The reason you do this stuff - comedy, plays, movies - is to be seized by something, to disappear in the service of an idea. Comedy
- As a little kid in a sometimes hard place, I went to the movies as often as I could. Movies - making them, seeing them… Eternally
- Clay Aiken is amazing beyond that glorious voice. Turns out he is an excellent comic actor and a master of character. Actor
- The things that you saw earlier in your life generally have more power than the things you saw last week. Earlier
- We are being entertained all the time - in the bathroom, on the train, in our beds. Sure, there is a smaller audience for theater.… All
- I think that to make something alive, instead of on a page, is an honorable task. And it turns me on. Alive
- The only safe thing is to take a chance. Chance