Jeff Nichols Quotes

Jeff Nichols

Profession : Director

Birth : December 7, 1978

There are great advantages of making things on the independent market. There's freedom and control there, and kind of a cleanness to the process that I like.

Jeff Nichols

We have so many films that we can fit into the slate a year, and we spend $100 million on those films in order to make $400 million dollars. We don't spend $20 million in hopes of eking out $40 million.

Jeff Nichols

I have gained a lot of confidence in my process of making films. It does't mean I'll make a successful film or even a good film, but I know how to make my film.

Jeff Nichols

My connection to 'Aquaman' came out through the Sony hack. It had no relationship to reality. I was not on that film. I was not hired to work on that film. I had been talking to Warner Bros. about it.

Jeff Nichols

It's amazing how far you can get into a plot before you figure out what you're doing.

Jeff Nichols

I've been just unsuccessful enough not to have been given a big opportunity too soon.

Jeff Nichols

'Midnight Special' is, like 'Starman', a government chase film - in the government chase film genre - about a boy who has special powers and the government agents' quest to find him.

Jeff Nichols

I want all of my films to be grounded in reality, and I think 'Midnight Special' is the most grounded film I've ever made, in spite of its genre.

Jeff Nichols

Financing for 'Shotgun Stories' was initiated with money from close friends and family. This is where the money to go into production came from. After production, a company called 'Upload Films' came on board and provided post-production funds and services. In both instances, people were taking a gamble on us.

Jeff Nichols

Marriage is tough. I can tell my wife all day long that I love her, but it doesn't mean anything if you don't show that.

Jeff Nichols

Marriage isn't about a collection of scenes over ten years of two people telling each other that they love each other. It's about commitment.

Jeff Nichols

We have a problem with dealing with race in our country. We have a problem with dealing with marriage equality and equality in general. These are complex, divisive issues in our society, and I think that the only way we further this conversation is to take them down to a very human scale.

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With 'Midnight Special,' the sound was used as a narrative construct. The audience is looking in one direction when a sound suddenly erupts from the other direction.

Jeff Nichols

I know how to write a movie. I know how to direct a movie.

Jeff Nichols

People ask me about past projects I've worked on, and other things; I'm just really bad at lying. I have a bad poker face, so I just try to tell people how I'm feeling in the moment and really what I was trying to do.

Jeff Nichols

I think Warner Bros. are probably some of the best people in marketing films in the world.

Jeff Nichols

I think it's important to say typing in the computer is like the last, last phase of my writing process. That's kind of the fun part. Well, it's all somewhat fun, I suppose. But usually what happens is I think about a movie for at least a year - maybe a couple more - and I don't put anything down.

Jeff Nichols

I outline and outline and outline, and then I'm very specific about the stuff I write. That's my process.

Jeff Nichols

I first read 'Tom Sawyer' when I was in 8th grade, 13 years old. I realised since that Mark Twain just bottled what it felt like to be a child.

Jeff Nichols

I'll be honest: 'Badlands' changed my life: it really did rewire my brain as to how film can operate.

Jeff Nichols