"The only safe thing is to take a…" — Mike Nichols

"The only safe thing is to take a chance."

— Mike Nichols

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39 Quotes by Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols has 39 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

In making movies, time is so short-because it is so expensive-that we tend to neglect the place from which the…
Nerves provide me with energy... It's when I don't have them, when I feel at ease, that's when I get…
Take off all your clothes and walk down the street waving a machete and firing an Uzi, and terrified citizens…
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…
All the theories that acting is reacting to imaginary circumstances as though they are real, and directing is turning psychology…
Any good movie is filled with secrets.
It's the hardest thing on earth to like yourself, and then when you do, it's a catastrophe. I mean, the…
The only safe thing is to take a chance. Play safe and you are dead. Taking risks is the essence…
The unconscious is our best collaborator.
Directing is mystifying. It's a long, long, skid on an icy road, and you do the best you can trying…
There’s nothing better than discovering, to your own astonishment, what you’re meant to do. It’s like falling in love.
The only safe thing in filmmaking is to take a chance.

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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those… — Adam Arkin
I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new… — Darren Aronofsky
If a sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on top of each other, it can be assured that disaster… — Norman Ralph Augustine
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. — Jane Austen
Chance is an element of life. What I try to do is study what I call the mechanics of reality… — Paul Auster
The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own… — Paul Auster
First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he did as well as a second chance… — Oksana Baiul
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence. — Abigail Adams
In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites… — Ansel Adams
Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing. — Honore de Balzac
You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be… — Ernie Banks

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