Mike Nichols Quotes & Sayings (Page 8)

“Comedy is brutal. It's powerful, though.”

“For a director, a musical is a special kind of hell.”

“I believed early and still believe that everybody who can act can do it already, just they don't know how and don't want to talk about it.”

“I don't expect anything from reviews. Sometimes I am bemused by them.”

“I'm an enormous fan of 'The West Wing.' It was one of the very few shows I would watch every week.”

“I'm anything but confident.”

“People, by and large, would rather be talking than listening.”

“The producers want us to sell, sell, sell. That's my little joke. That's what we do by day; by night, we're artists.”

“A play, after all, is a mystery. There's no narration. And as soon as there's no narration, it's open to interpretation. It must be interpreted. You don't have a choice... Each play can become many things.”

“All movies are pure process. A commercial movie isn't less process than an art movie. You can't make your decisions about a film on the basis of, 'Is it important enough? Is it serious enough?' It's either alive or it's not for me. If it's alive, I want to do it.”