Mike Nichols Quotes

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Mike Nichols

Profession : Director

Birth : November 6, 1931

We are being entertained all the time - in the bathroom, on the train, in our beds. Sure, there is a smaller audience for theater. But we know from radio that entertainment never goes away, it just changes. And more power to it.

Mike Nichols

I think that to make something alive, instead of on a page, is an honorable task. And it turns me on.

Mike Nichols

Never let people see what you want, because they will not let you have it. Never let anybody see what you feel, because it gives them too much power. You're probably better off not showing weakness whenever you can avoid it, because they'll go for you.

Mike Nichols